Alice Howland, in his fifty years, has achieved great results: First, it is an outstanding professor at Harvard University, and secondly, it is a loving wife and caring mother of three children: Thomas, Anna and Lydia. The whole family lives in a small but cozy house, located on a picturesque promontory. Then one day at a conference devoted to linguistics Alice was supposed to make a short speech. Knowing by heart all aspects of their profession, in the course of his short speech, the woman realized that she could not remember the text of his report.
But this is only the beginning of her suffering: memory began to fail more often, everyday objects and the names of loved ones were forgotten. Worried about your health Alice goes to the clinic for consultation. The medical examination results were stunning. The doctor said that she had progressive Alzheimer's disease. In order not to frighten the family the news of his illness, Alice has organized a small family council, which reported a diagnosis of the doctor and she put her ahead of what will happen. Reverent attitude of her husband and children became her only support, but it is the youngest daughter of Alice's mother was able to wrap their focus and attention.
Year of release: 2014
Country: United States
Genre: Drama
Duration: 1:41:13
Directed by: Richard Glatser, Wash Uestmolend
Cast: Julianne Moore, Alec Baldwin, Kristen Stewart, Kate Bosworth, Hunter Parrish, Victoria Cartagena, Erin Maya Darke, Shane McRae, Stefan Kanka, Echo Urbsalu
The plot of a dramatic film "Still Alice" on the book neurologist Lisa Genova, which for many years has studied one of the most mysterious and still incurable diseases, resulting in the loss of long-term memory. In the center of the plot - well-known professor of linguistics at Columbia University Alice Howland. At fifty beautiful, successful woman, Alice has everything you dreamed of. For many years she lived in a happy marriage with her beloved husband John, which raised a son and two daughters, as well as what he likes, which allowed her to make a wonderful career.
ReplyDeleteAlice Howland book entitled "From neurons to nouns" is a cornerstone in the study of linguistics. All her life she has dedicated language and words, but during one of his lectures, Alice forgets the words. In the future, the situation gets worse and more Alice begins to feel discomfort and fear of what forgets the simplest words. However, the rapid memory loss is due to the early stage of an incurable disease that will soon destroy Alice.
It is difficult to imagine how scared of losing their past. Just a fleeting forgetfulness can turn a disease that will destroy your life and the lives of people close to you. Alzheimer's - a sentence that made the fate of Alice - the main character, which is experiencing the collapse of everything. A strong woman, a professor at Harvard University, beloved wife and mother of three children at one point realizes that her life is completely changed. These changes come gradually. For starters, it forgets some trifle, say where to put the keys or how many children to return home, because this happens to everyone. Then evaporate from memory something more significant, however, is really frightening is lost, being so close to home. And then begin to crumble all of its plans and expectations regarding the near future. Desire to see her children fall in love, take care of her husband and nurse grandchildren, all of this will be feasible. It will become an outcast for relatives and those dear to her people, an outcast in his own house, which had previously been its strength. Proud of the life she has built so many years, will gradually be light haze in her head. In 50 years, she is forced to start a new life, a life for one day.
ReplyDeleteThe basis for the dramatic story of the film was titled debut novel Lisa Genova. The heroine is a famous respected Harvard professor, fifty, Alice Howland (Julianne Moore). She is a very happy woman, because the most valuable thing she has is a family consisting of husband John (Alec Baldwin) and three adult children Lydia (Kristen Stewart), Anna (Kate Bosworth) and Tom (Hunter Parrish). They live in a house on the colorful and magnificent Cape. No problems do not disturb their peaceful existence. But at the peak of his career, Alice sees a kind of forgetfulness. Over time, her memory lapses become more impressive. She went for a consultation with physicians, then learned a stunning diagnosis. Her initial stage of Alzheimer's disease, which is just beginning to make progress. Despite the most advanced treatment methods, a panacea for the disease has not been found. Alice and her family try to make up for the loss of memory, but with each passing day it becomes increasingly difficult to do. It take care of and fear lest some unfortunate incident with the end, because in the unconscious and without a family man can get lost anywhere. Will there be enough strength in Howland family support his mother and let her fall into the black abyss of oblivion?
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