Hannah Reimann\u2019s nonfiction short is a video diary of the final four years in the life of her father, Dr. Peter Reimann, whose life was slowly weakened by dementia.<\/p>\n
The German-born Dr. Reimann served as a medic in the German Army during World War II \u2013 the film briefly states he was anti-Nazi, but never goes into depth on his war record. He married Korean psychoanalyst Dr. Myunghee Kim in 1957, eventually settling in New Jersey. Dr. Kim\u2019s death in a car accident during a 1996 vacation in Chile was an emotional loss from which Dr. Reimann never truly recovered, and the sense of melancholy resonates throughout his on-camera footage. When asked during a birthday what it means to turn 89, he responds, \u201cYou didn\u2019t die at the right time.\u201d<\/p>\n
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The film is an often painful observation of Dr. Reimann\u2019s slow physical and intellectual deterioration, particularly as he become heavily reliant on a housekeeper\u2019s care and his mobility is significantly limited. The filmmaker rues having to sell her father\u2019s home, and the sight of a wrecking crew tearing down the old structure is more than a little symbolic of the dementia tearing down Dr. Reimann.<\/p>\n
Running less than a half-hour, the film provides a compelling glimpse on the grueling effects of dementia, both on the patient and the caregivers. It is an extremely moving and heartbreaking experience to behold.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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