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Perpetual Person

2020 Peruvian film From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Perpetual Person (Spanish: Persona perpetua) is a 2020 Peruvian documentary film written, produced, filmed, edited and directed by Javier Bellido Valdivia.[1][2] It follows the life and routine of the director's maternal grandmother who suffers from Alzheimer's disease.[3]

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Synopsis

An intimate approach to the experience of Alzheimer's disease in a 95-year-old woman and her relationship with her immediate surroundings. The tension between lucidity and dementia will shape a new notion of personhood, able to live and perceive the world in another way.[4]

Cast

  • Amadea Cárdenas Cuba
  • Nancy Valdivia Cárdenas
  • Catalina Zevallos Antahuara
  • Anghelo Mancco Hurtado
  • Javier Bellido Valdivia

Release

It had its world premiere on December 7, 2020, at the 18th Doclisboa International Film Festival,[5] then was screened in early January 2021 at the 8th Transcinema International Festival,[6] on October 11, 2021, at the 8th Trujillo Film Festival,[7] on December 10, 2021, at the 6th Ethnographic Film Festival of Ecuador,[8] and that same month at the 15th Cinema Vérité.[9]

Accolades

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