NON TI SCORDAR DI ME

FORGET ME NOT

By Fabio MARIN, Giuseppe PETRUZZELLIS

VISIONI DAL MONDO - as FEST

Documentary - Completed 2021

The real story of a woman afftected by Alzheimer's disease. A cathartic journey through illness and
passing away.

Festivals
& Awards

Visioni dal Mondo 2021
Concorso Italiano/Italian Contest
    • Year of production
    • 2021
    • Genres
    • Documentary, Family, Biography
    • Countries
    • ITALY
    • Languages
    • ITALIAN
    • Duration
    • 12 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Fabio MARIN, Giuseppe PETRUZZELLIS
    • Producer(s)
    • Fabio MARIN (Aplysia), Giuseppe PETRUZZELLIS (Aplysia)
    • Synopsis
    • Gilda is a middle-aged woman, mother and wife. One day she realizes she's having problems setting the table. These are her first symptoms of Alzheimer's disease. Through found footage and poetic visions, the stages of her illness become a stream of images on the breach of oblivion. Memory transforms into a shaking kaleidoscope, a dreamlike world. Standing in front of her own disintegration, Gilda's only foothold to reality is love.
      This short film was inspired by one of the two directors' family history. The protagonist, who suffered from Alzheimer's and died in 2018, was Fabio's mother. Working together for 4 years, the directors narrate the disease from Gilda's point of view, allowing her to express herself through the words she lost.