10 Jul 2021
Anamnesis
An audiovisual representation of the degenerative dementia process based on real reports from people affected with this condition.
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Aged around 20, Simon has a brain tumour that is gradually destroying his memory and has condemned him to live in the immediate present. From this painful experience, his sister, Nora Štrbová, a filmmaker, has made an organic short animated documentary, which succeeds with a rare formal relevance to represent the inexorable loss of the being.
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