The Castle (2020)
- Original title
- Le château
- Directed by
- Denys Desjardins
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- Canada
- Runtime
- 1h 15m
- Rating
- 8.0 of 10 from 2 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A filmmaker documents his elderly mother as she faces moving from her home into a long-term care facility because of her Alzheimer's disease. The film shows the family dealing with this difficult transition and the mother's declining health.
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What happens
The Castle (French: Le Château) is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Denys Desjardins and released in 2020. It profiles his mother Madeleine Ducharme, as she and her family confront the prospect of her having to move out of her independent living seniors' residence and into a managed CHSLD long-term care facility due to her advancing Alzheimer's disease. The film premiered in March 2020 at the Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma, before its commercial distribution on Vidéotron's Illico platform in May. Ducharme died of COVID-19 between the time of the theatrical screening and the streaming premiere. In 2022 Desjardins released I Lost My Mom (J'ai placé ma mère), a sequel film which centred more on her final months in long-term care and her death. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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