THE ETERNAL MEMORY
MON, 12/4, 3:00pm, 85 min BAY STREET THEATER
Director: Maite Alberdi
Producers: Maite Alberdi, Rocio Jadue, Juan de Dios Larrain, Pablo Larrain
Editor: Carolina Siraqyan
Cinematographer: Pablo Valdés
Augusto Góngora, a veteran Chilean political journalist, dedicated himself in the 1970s and 1980s to bringing the iniquities of the Pinochet regime to public attention and later to conserving that national memory for future generations. So it is somewhat ironic that now Góngora struggles with his own memory as he contends with the ravages of Alzheimer’s. What gives the film heart is the love story between Góngora and his devoted wife and caretaker, former Chilean culture minister Paulina Urrutia.
Maite Alberdi is a Chilean filmmaker. Her film The Mole Agent was an Academy Award nominee in 2021 for Best Documentary, among other honors. The Eternal Memory was selected in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival where it won the Grand Jury Prize.