People tell you that Alzheimers is a slow death.
But it was as unexpected as any other [persons passing].
It was really, really painful for me, for Paulina, for their friends.
Augusto Góngora with his wife Paulina Urrutia.MTV Documentary Films
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After his diagnosis, Gongora made the decision to publicly reveal his condition.
He never had any doubts about me making the film.
He knew that he was in not good condition, and he said bravely Im not embarrassed.
Paulina Urrutia and Augusto Góngora in ‘The Eternal Memory’MTV Documentary Films
I have to show my problems.
And he told Paulina, I need to show what Im living.
This is my new battle of communication.
During the years of military rule, People didnt have access to books, didnt have access to cinema.
It was a generation that was completely censored in the cultural aspect.
And he was concerned to bring that back.
Her routine and her life were completely focused on him, she said.
She is trying to understand the new routines and how her new life is going to be.
A reviewer at the time called the book an invaluable service to the restoration of the truth.
That book, along with Gongoras other contributions to journalism and democracy in Chile, serves as his legacy.
So, too, doesThe Eternal Memory.
