Recently in theaters
Away From Her
is the lyrical screenplay adaptation of Alice Munro's short story "The Bear Came over the Mountain". The film stars Gordon Pinsent and Julie Christie as a couple whose marriage is tested when Christie's character begins to suffer from Alzheimer's Disease.
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List of films with characters suffering from dementia:
| 2004 | The Notebook |
| 2004 | Noel |
| 2004 | Diagnosis (short film) |
| 2004 | Ariana (short film) |
| 2003 | A Time to Remember (TV movie) |
| 2003 | My Mother's Keeper (short film) |
| 2003 | The Alzheimer Affair (Belgium/Netherlands) |
| 2002 | The Remembering Movies (short film) |
| 2001 | Son of the Bride (Argentina) |
| 2001 | A Song for Martin (Sweden) |
| 2001 | Iris |
| 2001 | Firefly Dreams |
| 1999 | Speed of Life |
| 1999 | Kaas (Belgium) |
| 1998 | Safe House (TV movie) |
| 1998 | Down in the Delta |
| 1997 | Time to Say Goodbye? |
| 1996 | Travelling Companion (Italy) |
| 1992 | Folks! |
| 1991 | My Girl |
| 1985 | Do Your Remember Love (TV movie) |
| 1981 | On Golden Pond |
| 1970 | Where's Poppa? |
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