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202095 minPGdocumentary

7.9/ 10(12 ratings)• TMDB

Mental Health Relationships

A Farewell to Memory

202095 minPGdocumentary

7.9/ 10(12 ratings)• TMDB

A son's quest for home movies reveals his father's forgotten past.

Mental Health Relationships

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Nicolás Prividera

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A son's quest for home movies reveals his father's forgotten past.

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A father who has lost his memory. A son looking for home movies that his father filmed. And among them, the impossible memory of the missing mother

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