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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]
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