Alice Howland è moglie, madre e professoressa di linguistica alla Columbia University di New York. Alice ha una bella vita e tanti ricordi, che una forma rara e precoce di Alzheimer le sta portando via. Confermata la diagnosi dopo una serie di episodi allarmanti, che l'hanno smarrita letteralmente in città, Alice confessa al marito malattia e angoscia. La difficoltà nel linguaggio e la perdita della memoria non le impediranno comunque di lottare, trattenendo ancora un po' la donna meravigliosa che è e che ha costruito tutta la vita.
Sullivan è un regista celebre. Insoddisfatto dei suoi film, vuole passare dalle commedie a un cinema più impegnato. Un'esperienza traumatica gli fa cambiare parere.
Una ragazza non può sposarsi perché, durante la cerimonia, un uomo afferma che è già maritata. Nonostante lei lo neghi, si trova il certificato di matrimonio e persino il presunto marito. Quando costui è ritrovato morto, lei è messa in prigione; il suo fidanzato però indaga e scopre che la fanciulla è stata fatta oggetto di una vendetta da parte del suo tutore impazzito.
After losing part of her memory, Maret, 44, sets out to find out who she used to be. She learns about the many different life paths she followed, in none of which anything was ever really achieved. A profoundly unhappy person in a never-ending, headlong rush. A doctor on the island of Lanzarote offers to put this restlessness to an end through brain surgery. A promise of peace and satisfaction. Will Maret proceed with the surgery that would take away part of her being - or not?
Deepa, a schizophrenic patient, loses her normalcy due to a mishap that occurred in her personal life. Dr. Surajit Sen takes this case as a challenge to prove that an injured mind needs more care and a better understanding than any medicine on therapy. The film portrays how the doctor gets intimate with his patient and slowly gets into the detail of her crisis and enables her to lead a normal life.
A man comes to Stockholm's central station. He does not know who he is or where he has been. He has some keys and a phone number. Perhaps he is the escaped sex maniac the police are searching for. A waitress at a café tries to help him.
In this story set at a seaside fishing village and inspired by a Charles Kingsley poem, a young couple's happy life is turned about by an accident. The husband, although saved from drowning, loses his memory. A child is on the way, and soon a daughter is born to his wife. We watch the passage of time, as his daughter matures and his wife ages. The daughter becomes a lovely young woman, herself ready for marriage. One day on the beach, the familiarity of the sea and the surroundings triggers a return of her father's memory, and we are reminded that although people age and change, the sea and the ways of the fisherfolk remain eternal.
The desolation of vast retail spaces is not so far off from the decay of one's memories.
Mel Schwartz escaped the Great Depression on a bicycle adventure he'd remember for the rest of his life... until Mel lost his memory to Alzheimer's. Now over seventy-five years later, his grandchildren set out to recreate his life-changing journey and find those memories before they slip away. Cycle of Memory explores the importance of intergenerational connection, healing painful pasts, and leaving a meaningful time capsule for the future.
L'esistenza vive di ricordi. Affrontare le conseguenze una perdita non è mai facile, certi che il tempo cancellerà ogni traccia di noi.
Pop chronicles the journey of three generations of Meyerowitz men on a road trip from Florida to the Bronx, in exploration of their familial roots. Joel’s father, Hy, is battling Alzheimer’s disease and so they embark on a “quest to see if, along the way, the adventures and experiences we would have could stimulate his now rapidly failing memory.” The film directed and produced by our Joel Meyerowitz. It is touching, funny, poignant, and beautifully captures the strength of intimacy between fathers and sons.
David, a successful therapist, is the creator of a never-before-used method in modern psychology: a device that allows him to alter the most painful memories of his patients. His wife, Lucia, is the victim of a strange disease that will shortly end her life. The solution for David's plight appears in the shape of Sofia, a patient of David's who asks him to use his machine to rewrite her entire life.
In this 3D animated short we follow the journey of a little Gecko, living inside an Alzheimer’s patient mind, resembling his earliest childhood memory. As the disease progresses, neurons start falling apart and his memories descend from above. The Gecko intuitively tries to catch them before they fade, but there are simply too many for him to save...
Abraham, a seventy-year-old pianist, receives an invitation to a tribute in his honor. But he's having trouble remembering things. During a visit from Diana and Iris, Abraham tries to remember his most precious composition before it's too late.
The story revolves around Rita. She is a beautiful girl who lost her memory due to an uncertain incident. Trouble arises when two persons named Vijay And Ramesh claim to be her husband. She, along with her dog, investigates.
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Matthew Highton encourages us to celebrate the small moments in life that make us who we are, as he talks about his relationships with his loved ones.