THE ETERNAL MEMORY

Augusto Góngora, a veteran Chilean journalist and prominent chronicler of the crimes of the Pinochet regime, and Paulina Urrutia, actress, activist and politician, have been a tight-knit loving couple for over 20 years. He was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s eight years ago, and now they both face the inexorable and accelerating descent of his physical and mental powers together. Heartbreaking and uplifting at the same time, the story of Paulina’s warm and uncompromising dedication and Augusto’s fierce fight to hold on to his identity is a deeply affecting testimony to their love. The Eternal Memory is both an inquiry into human dignity in old age and adversity and into the mechanisms of individual and collective remembrance.

About the author:

An Academy Award Nominated Director and Producer, Maite Alberdi is the first Chilean woman to be nominated at the Academy Awards. She has developed a particular style that is characterized by the intimate portrait of small worlds, and her unique voice has led her to be one of the most important voices of Latin American documentary. In 2011 she released her first feature film, The Lifeguard. Through Micromundo, her production company, she directed her second film TeaTime, which has won more than 12 international awards. In 2016 she released the short film I am not from here nominated for the European Films Award and also premiered her third feature film The Grown-Ups that got 10 international awards. In Sundance 2020, she premiered her last film The Mole Agent, the first Chilean documentary to be nominated to the Academy Awards.