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A Song for Martin (2001)

A Song for Martin poster
Original title
En sång för Martin
Directed by
Bille August
Genre
drama film, romance film
Country
Germany, Denmark, Sweden
Runtime
1h 58m
Rating
5.5 of 10 from 20 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A married couple faces the wife's progressing Alzheimer's disease. The story follows their struggle with memory loss and the changes in their relationship.

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What happens

A Song for Martin (Swedish: En sång för Martin) is a 2001 Swedish drama film directed by Danish Bille August and starring Sven Wollter and Viveka Seldahl. Based on the 1994 autobiographic novel Boken om E (The Book about E) by Swedish author Ulla Isaksson, the film's themes are loss and Alzheimer's disease. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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