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LA MEMORIA DE MI PADRE (MY FATHER'S MEMORY)
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Completed - SPANISH - Family, First film, Drama - 87 minutes

Log Line

After the death of his mother, a repressed TV writer is forced to take care of his father who is losing his memory, obsessed with his wife being still alive and lost.

Previous markets

  • Ventana Sur 2017 (Line up)
Full history

Year of production : 2016

Director(s) : Rodrigo BACIGALUPE
Writer(s) : Rodrigo BACIGALUOE
Cast : Jaime MC MANUS, Tomás VIDIELLA, María IZQUIERDO, Marcial TAGLE, Luz JIMENEZ, Tamara TELLO, Romina MENA, Mireya SOTOCONIL

Producer(s) : Luis LA RIVERA (NMDFilms)

Synopsis

This is the story of Alfonso, a repressed adapter of american sitcoms who at the age of 50 and following the death of his mother, is forced to take care of his father whom he cannot stand because it is a true reflection of his own affective defects and stubborness. The fact is that now the old man is loosing his memory, becoming a child, far from the strong man he used to be, and is obsessed with the idea that his wife is still alive, lost in a hospital near the ocean. Can Alfonso live with the weight of his own memories and baffling insecurity of present time? This story will tell us that he finally will try it, to find a mother who is not already among living people, but still present in the heart of his father.

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Country(ies) : CHILE

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Festivals and Awards

Ventana Sur 2017 Latam Screenings
Malaga International Film Festival 2017 (Official Competition)
Festival of cinema of the sea 2017 (Award for Best Film)
SANFIC 2017 (Best Actors)


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