The Eternal Memory

2023. Directed by Maite Alberdi. 85 minutes. Not rated.

Academy Award Nominee, Best Documentary Feature.

In Spanish with subtitles

The Eternal Memory tells a profound and moving love story that balances vibrant individual and collective remembrance with the longevity of an unbreakable human bond.

Augusto and Paulina have been together and in love for 25 years. Eight years ago, their lives were forever changed by Augusto’s Alzheimer’s diagnosis. As one of Chile’s most prominent cultural commentators and television presenters, Augusto is no stranger to building an archive of memory. Now he turns that archive of work to his own life. With the support of his beloved Paulina, a renowned actress and former Chilean Minister of Culture, Augusto strives to hold on to his identity.  Paulina uses her ceaselessly inventive manner to care for and engage with her husband.

Day by day, the couple faces this challenge head-on, relying on the tender affection and sense of humor shared between them that remains, remarkably, fully intact.

What rings truest and richest about The Eternal Memory, as exquisitely humane a film as you’re likely to see all year, [i]s what abiding love and stewardship look like in the moment." –Los Angeles Times