I Lost My Mom (2022)

Original title

J'ai placé ma mère

Directed by

Denys Desjardins

Genre

documentary film

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 15m

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A filmmaker documents his and his sister's struggle to find long-term care for their mother as her Alzheimer's worsens. They then try to stay involved in her life when she gets COVID-19 during the pandemic's strict lockdowns.

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What happens

I Lost My Mom (French: J'ai placé ma mère) is a 2022 Canadian documentary film, directed by Denys Desjardins. The film documents the experiences of Desjardins and his sister Maryse as they navigate the process of trying to get their mother Madeleine Ducharme, who suffered from advancing Alzheimer's disease, placed in a CHSLD, and then trying to stay involved in her care as she contracted COVID-19 during the early days of the pandemic when harsh safety restrictions were being imposed. It is a sequel to his 2020 film The Castle (Le Château), which profiled Madeleine as she initially confronted the prospect of having to move from her longtime home in a seniors' retirement complex to a more managed care setting. The film premiered on November 21, 2022, at the Montreal International Documentary Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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