Regarding Sarah

Country

Canada

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How it feels

An elderly woman with early dementia films her daily life so she can remember it later. The short drama follows her struggle to hold onto her memories.

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What happens

Regarding Sarah is a Canadian short drama film, directed by Michelle Porter and released in 2006. The film stars Gina Stockdale as Sarah, an elderly woman in the early stages of dementia who begins obsessively filming her daily life so that she will not forget it. The cast also includes Joy Coghill, Stephen E. Miller and Tom McBeath. The film was inspired in part by Porter's father's own failing health in his final years of life. It was shot in 2005, and premiered at the Montreal World Film Festival in 2006. The film received a Genie Award nomination for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 28th Genie Awards in 2008. It was subsequently broadcast by CBC Television on the Canadian Reflections series in 2008. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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