Perpetual Person

Perpetual Person
Promotional release poster
Directed byJavier Bellido Valdivia
Written byJavier Bellido Valdivia
Produced byJavier Bellido Valdivia
CinematographyJavier Bellido Valdivia
Edited byJavier Bellido Valdivia
Production
company
Hombre Búho Producciones
Release date
Running time
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]

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

  • Amadea Cárdenas Cuba
  • Nancy Valdivia Cárdenas
  • Catalina Zevallos Antahuara
  • Anghelo Mancco Hurtado
  • Javier Bellido Valdivia

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

Year Award / Festival Category Recipient Result Ref.
2021 8th Trujillo Film Festival Best Documentary Feature Film Perpetual Person Nominated [10]
2022 13th APRECI Awards Best Documentary Nominated [11][12]

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.