The Eternal Memory
August 25 - 31, 2023
Augusto and Paulina have been together for 25 years. Eight years ago, he was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. Both fear the day he no longer recognizes her. World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Documentary at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival.
"Augusto and Paulina have been together and in love for 25 years. Eight years ago, he was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, and his wife has since become his caretaker. As one of Chile’s most prominent cultural commentators and television presenters, Augusto is no stranger to building an archive of memory, having been responsible for that herculean task following the Pinochet dictatorship and its systematic erasure of collective consciousness. Now he turns that work to his own life, trying to hold on to his identity with the help of his beloved. Day by day, the couple face this challenge head-on, adapting to the disruptions brought on by the taxing disease while relying on the tender affection and sense of humor shared between them that remains intact.
Oscar-nominated director and Sundance alum Maite Alberdi (The Mole Agent, 2020) returns to the festival with a film that gracefully delves into the melancholy of remembrance met with resistance, uplifted by the beautiful partnership at its core. Traversing decades of intimacy, The Eternal Memory elegantly cements Alberdi’s place as one of today’s most thoughtful documentarians." —Sundance Film Festival
- Director: Maite Alberdi
- Country: Chile
- Year: 2023
- Running Time: 84 min.
- Awards: World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Documentary (Sundance 2023)
- Language: Spanish
- US Distributor: MTV documentary films, Film Collaborative
- International Sales: Submarine