The Eternal Memory (2023) on Netflix
NR20231h 25mDocumentary
Augusto Góngora, a Chilean cultural journalist, and the actress Paulina Urrutia have shared more than two decades together. Alzheimer's, diagnosed eight years ago, has left him in her care.
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Plot summary
Augusto Góngora and Paulina Urrutia have been together for more than two decades. He is one of Chile's best known cultural journalists and television presenters; she is an actress, known as Pauli, who served as the country's minister of culture and the arts from 2006 to 2010. His career was spent keeping the atrocities of the Pinochet dictatorship from being forgotten. He was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease eight years ago, and Paulina has cared for him since. Each day they meet the difficulties the illness brings while holding on to their tenderness and humor.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Eternal Memory (2023)
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- The Eternal Memory was nominated for Best Documentary Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards — only the second Chilean documentary ever nominated in that category, and director Maite Alberdi's second nomination there.
