The Father

The touching and realistic narrative presents a picture of one family that has to deal with the onset of Alzheimer’s disease in the main character without unnecessary sentiment, and sometimes even with dark humour. The story of a pensioner named André is told in such a way that the viewer can empathise with the physical and psychological state of a person who is gradually losing control over himself, and his memory in particular, due to illness. André gradually loses track not only of his loved ones, but also of himself, and becomes unable to distinguish what is the present and what is the past… This tragicomic play about a topic that may sooner or later concern each of us promises to be a deeply emotional experience.