Some thoughts on Alzheimer’s disease and cinema: a reflection on the short film “Mémorable”

Authors

  • Carlos Yaya Quezada Universidad del Rosario, Colombia
  • Leonardo Palacios Sánchez Universidad del Rosario, Colombia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14482/sun.39.02.700.252

Keywords:

cinema, Alzheimer’s disease, dementia, William Utermohlen

Abstract

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative condition that impacts functions such as memory and cognition, as well as the level of functional dependence. The following article is an exercise in clinical and narrative abstraction that aims to study the animated short Mémorable from director Bruno Collet, which details the experience of a man struggling with AD, with the following objectives: apply some staging tools for cognitive impairment in AD; compare the clinical features of AD shown in the film with the experience of William Utermohlen, an artist who continued to work even after being diagnosed with this condition; and to reflect on the use of cinema as an instrument of narrative medicine and as an academic resource for health professionals in training, in order to retrieve some human aspects of the lives of these patients, evaluating how their creativity persists even after their deterioration. 

Author Biographies

Published

2023-09-18

Issue

Section

ARTICLES FOR REFLECTION

How to Cite

Some thoughts on Alzheimer’s disease and cinema: a reflection on the short film “Mémorable”. (2023). SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL SALUD UNINORTE, 39(2), 792-809. https://doi.org/10.14482/sun.39.02.700.252

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