Perpetual Person

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Perpetual Person
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Directed byJavier Bellido Valdivia
Written byJavier Bellido Valdivia
Produced byJavier Bellido Valdivia
CinematographyJavier Bellido Valdivia
Edited byJavier Bellido Valdivia
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Hombre Búho Producciones
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103 minutes
CountryPeru
LanguageSpanish

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]

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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 PersonNominated [10]
2022 13th APRECI Awards Best Documentary Nominated [11] [12]

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References

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