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Perpetual Person
Director:Javier Bellido Valdivia
Producer:Javier Bellido Valdivia
Cinematography:Javier Bellido Valdivia
Editing:Javier Bellido Valdivia
Studio:Hombre Búho Producciones
Runtime:103 minutes
Country:Peru
Language:Spanish

Perpetual Person (Spanish: Persona perpetua) is a 2020 Peruvian documentary film written, produced, filmed, edited and directed by Javier Bellido Valdivia.[1] [2] It follows the life and routine of the director's maternal grandmother who suffers from Alzheimer's disease.[3]

Synopsis

An intimate approach to the experience of Alzheimer's disease in a 95-year-old woman and her relationship with her immediate surroundings. The tension between lucidity and dementia will shape a new notion of personhood, able to live and perceive the world in another way.[4]

Cast

Release

It had its world premiere on December 7, 2020, at the 18th Doclisboa International Film Festival,[5] then was screened in early January 2021 at the 8th Transcinema International Festival,[6] on October 11, 2021, at the 8th Trujillo Film Festival,[7] on December 10, 2021, at the 6th Ethnographic Film Festival of Ecuador,[8] and that same month at the 15th Cinema Vérité.[9]

Accolades

YearAward / FestivalCategoryRecipientResultRef.
20218th Trujillo Film FestivalBest Documentary Feature FilmPerpetual Person[10]
202213th APRECI AwardsBest Documentary[11] [12]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Persona Perpetua – 9 Festival de Cine Etnográfico de Ecuador . 2024-11-30 . es.
  2. Web site: 2020-12-01 . Doclisboa announces details on final 2020 session: «Spaces of Intimacy» . 2024-11-30 . Modern Times Review . en-GB.
  3. Web site: Portales . Rodrigo . 2021-10-11 . [Crítica] Festival de Cine de Trujillo: "Persona perpetua" (2020) - Cine independiente ]. 2024-11-30 . Cinencuentro . es.
  4. Web site: 2024-11-30 . Persona Perpetua - Doclisboa 2020 . 2024-11-30 . Doclisboa.
  5. Web site: 2020-11-26 . Doclisboa 2020 - 18º Festival Internacional de Cinema . 2024-11-30 . Doclisboa.
  6. Web site: Vélez . Luis . 8º Transcinema: ‘Persona perpetua’, de Javier Bellido Valdivia . Sala 18.
  7. Web site: ¡Disfruta de los largometrajes de documental en nuestra web! . 2024-11-30 . Instagram.
  8. Web site: Programación – 9 Festival de Cine Etnográfico de Ecuador . 2024-11-30 . es.
  9. Web site: 2021-11-22 . Cinéma Vérité to review top films of Doclisboa festival . 2024-11-30 . Tehran Times . en.
  10. Web site: 2021-10-06 . Se lanza el FECIT - Festival de Cine de Trujillo 2021 - Festivales y premios . 2024-11-30 . Cinencuentro . es.
  11. Web site: 26 February 2022 . Mujeres ganan protagonismo en nominaciones a los Premios APRECI al cine peruano de 2021 . 7 February 2024 . Asociación Peruana de Prensa Cinematográfica . es.
  12. Web site: 15 March 2022 . «Canción sin nombre» triunfa como mejor película peruana del 2021 en los Premios APRECI . 7 February 2024 . Asociación Peruana de Prensa Cinematográfica . es.

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