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Synopsis:

Augusto and Paulina have been together and in love for 25 years. Eight years ago, he was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, and his wife has since become his caretaker. As one of Chile’s most prominent cultural commentators and television presenters, Augusto is no stranger to building an archive of memory, having been responsible for that herculean task following the Pinochet dictatorship and its systematic erasure of collective consciousness. Now he turns that work to his own life, trying to hold on to his identity with the help of his beloved. Day by day, the couple face this challenge head-on, adapting to the disruptions brought on by the taxing disease while relying on the tender affection and sense of humor shared between them that remains intact.

Oscar-nominated director and Sundance alum Maite Alberdi (The Mole Agent, 2020) returns to the festival with a film that gracefully delves into the melancholy of remembrance met with resistance, uplifted by the beautiful partnership at its core. Traversing decades of intimacy, The Eternal Memory elegantly cements Alberdi’s place as one of today’s most thoughtful documentarians.

Technical Information:

• Original Title: La Memoria Infinita
• Duration: 85 min
• Director: Maite Alberdi
• Producers: Maite Alberdi, Pablo Larraín, Juan de Dios Larraín, Rocío Jadue. 
• Executive Producers: Marcela Santibañez, Daniela Sandoval, Nicholas Hooper H. 
• Executive Producers: Julie Goldman, Christopher Clements.
• Executive Producers: Rebecca Linchtenfeld, Chandra Jessee.
• Cinematographer: Pablo Valdés
• Editor: Carolina Siraqyan
• Original Music: Miguel Miranda & Jose Miguel Tobar. 
• Field Sound: Juan Carlos Maldonado
• Image Post Production: Filmosonido
• Sound Design & Post Production: Roberto Espinoza, Sonamos.
• Financed by: Fondo Audiovisual (Chile), CORFO (Chile), The InMatt Foundation, Chicken&Egg Productions, The DeNovo Initiative.