Documentary Competition

The Eternal Memory (La Memoria Infinita)

Maite Alberdi
Follow Up Female Director Documentaries 2023 85 min Chile
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Synopsis

Histories of memory

Augusto and Paulina have been together for 25 years. Eight years ago, Augusto was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. Renowned in Chile, this former cultural journalist was responsible for the creation of archives following the Pinochet dictatorship. Now, he tries to preserve his own identity with the help of his wife. Day after day, the couple adapts to the changes caused by his illness while relying on tenderness and humor.

By intertwining a grand historical narrative–that which Augusto Góngora recorded so precisely to prevent Pinochet’s regime from sinking into oblivion–and the deeply personal story of a man losing his memory, Maite Alberdi offers a reflection on the contrasting paths that our memories take. And a captivating story of unconditional love.

 

Accessible from 16 and over

Cast/Avec

  •  Augusto Góngora
  • Paulina Urrutia
  • Gustavo Cerati 

Scénario

  • Maite Alberdi

Image

  • Pablo Valdés

Son

  • Juan Carlos Maldonado

Musique

  • José Miguel Tobar
  • Miguel Miranda

Production

  • Fabula
  • Micromundo Producciones

Séances

Friday 01 March 2024 20:30
Lieux : Ciné Utopia
Audio : Spanish
Sous-titres : English
Séance : Public Screening
Thursday 07 March 2024 18:00
Lieux : Cinémathèque
Audio : Spanish
Sous-titres : English
Séance : Public Screening

Critiques

“This tender, profoundly moving Chilean documentary is an intimate study of the strategies that Góngora and his wife, the actor and politician Paulina Urrutia, put in place to cope with the attrition of his memories.”
Wendy Ide The Guardian 24/09/2023

Maite Alberdi

Maite Alberdi
Maite Alberdi

Maite Alberdi is a Chilean director, screenwriter and film critic. She founded Micromundo Producciones and has been a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences since 2018. She is known internationally for her documentaries The Once (2014) and The School of Life (2016), for which she won the award for best documentary direction by a woman at the Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival. Her 2020 film El Agente Topo was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature and already in documentary competition at LuxFilmFest in 2021.

Filmographie

  • Libre de Reir (série TV) 2023
  • La memoria infinita 2023
  • Soy la Tierra. Historias desde el fin del mundo 2022
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