ALMENDRAS

The River of Lethe

2025

When an elderly man and his caretaker plant a sapling, a ghost of long-forgotten grief stirs. As the silence deepens between them, what’s left unspoken threatens to shatter the peace.

Alexandria

2022 · ★ 10

Books vanish from a library. A daughter says goodbye to her mother. A writer struggles with Alzheimer's disease.

ERIK

2025

ERIK is a short film about memory, loss, and love. Erik, a 78-year-old man, is preparing to move out of his longtime home when he discovers that an important photograph of his wife is missing. As he searches through the empty rooms, it becomes clear that he is not only missing the photo but also losing his grip on reality. The film reflects on the profound and painful impact of Alzheimer’s, showing how it changes both those who live with it and their loved ones.

The Memory Unit

Unusual events surround the hospitalization of a father with Alzheimer’s disease.

Mutterseelenallein

2023 · ★ 10

An elderly man who lives alone begins to experience a gradual erosion of his memories, as well as his sense of time, place, and reality. As he navigates the uncertain and disorienting terrain of his own mind, the man struggles to hold onto his sense of self and avoid losing touch with the essence of who he truly is.

The skin under my girdle

2025

After becoming a widow, a 76-year-old Jewish woman, rediscovers her body, desire, and the freedom to live without guilt. Between close friends and new connections, she explores her sexuality while dealing with a son who struggles to understand her vitality. An intimate and luminous story about pleasure in old age, friendship as refuge, and the right to inhabit desire at any age.

MEMORIA

2025 · ★ 10

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Away from Her

2007 · ★ 7

Fiona and Grant have been married for nearly 50 years. They have to face the fact that Fiona’s absent-mindedness is a symptom of Alzheimer’s disease. She must go to a specialized nursing home, where she slowly forgets Grant and turns her affection to Aubrey, another patient in the home.

Choke

2008 · ★ 6.1

A sex-addicted con-man pays for his mother's hospital bills by playing on the sympathies of those who rescue him from choking to death.

Hunting Bears

2021

Kenny and Andy are brothers. Kenny suffers from Alzheimer's and has been in Andy's care for the last couple of years. When Andy can no longer face the responsibility, a trip down memory lane seems to be the only answer to his problems.

Beautiful Memories

2001 · ★ 6.9

Although barely 30, Claire believes she is showing the first symptoms of Alzheimer's disease, a condition from which her mother has recently died. Her sister, Nathalie, is certain that her memory loss, caused by a lightning strike, is temporary. In the clinic where she is being treated, Claire is attracted to Philippe, a man who is still traumatized after a car accident in which his wife and child were both killed. In spite of their personal tragedies, Claire and Philippe fall in love. When Philippe recovers, Claire moves into his home. Then Claire's condition takes a turn for the worse.

The Savages

2007 · ★ 6.9

A sister and brother face the realities of familial responsibility as they begin to care for their ailing father.