This is the intimate story of love in the face of an incurable disease. Love in spite of suffering, anger and powerlessness. The protagonists are Adam and Wanda, a long-time married couple. He is healthy, but she is suffering from Alzheimer’s disease. The starting point of the story is the moment when the woman’s condition starts to deteriorate rapidly and her amnesia gradually becomes more and more intense. Adam looks after his wife alone: every day, twenty-four hours a day. He washes her, feeds her and changes her diapers. And he constantly reminds her of their old life. He shows her their old home movies from the past. When they were both young, and in love. Believers in a happy future. A shared future. Adam has decided that he will not abandon Wanda. It is as simple as that, despite the fact, that his life is becoming a living hell. Against the advice of doctors and family, he decides he will not, even when she forgets his name. He knows that her eyes are always looking for him. Will he be able to keep his promise?
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