La Mémoire Éternelle

A moving reflection on personal and historical consciousness.

It’s a pleasant film, albeit one which makes its point fairly early on and then restates it in various, sometimes sentimental ways.

...a beautiful, heart-rending portrait of Alzheimer’s disease.

A profoundly moving portrait of love and Alzheimer’s.

Potent portrait of a devoted couple dealing with Alzheimer’s.

There is such tenderness there, such obvious joy they take in being together. To get to witness that bond, even – or especially – as everything else falls away, I count myself lucky indeed.