Dir:
Maite Alberdi

THE ETERNAL MEMORY

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THE ETERNAL MEMORY
2023
// 85 min
The Eternal Memory tells a profound and moving love story that balances vibrant individual and collective remembrance with the longevity of an unbreakable human bond. Augusto and Paulina have been together and in love for 25 years. Eight years ago, their lives were forever changed by Augusto’s Alzheimer’s diagnosis. As of of Chile’s most prominent cultural commentators and television presenters, August is no stranger to building an archive of memory. Now he turns that work to his own life, trying to hold on to his identity with the help of his beloved Paulina, whose own pre-eminence as a famous actress and Chilean Minister of Culture predates her ceaselessly inventive manner of engaging with her husband. Day by day, the couple face this challenge head-on, relying on the tender affection and sense of humour shared between them that remains, remarkably, fully intact.

Awards & Recognition

🍅 93% Certified Fresh The Eternal Memory, directed by Maite Alberdi, received an Oscar nomination for Best Documentary at the 2024 Academy Awards. The film had its world premiere at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary. Following this, it was showcased at multiple international festivals, including the Seattle International Film Festival, and the Jacob Burns Film Center in New York. “Witness one of the most selfless and patient forms of love that graced our screens” - Harper’s Bazaar Winner of the Grand Jury Prize Sundance Film Festival 2023