Tommasina
ha 92 anni ma è convinta di di averne 18. Vuole laurearsi
e diventare professoressa, innamorarsi e sposarsi. “Io sono
quello che ho dimenticato”, dice Tommasina, mescolando presente
e passato. La sua giornata fa scoprire una dignità
poco nota dell’Alzheimer, l’importanza dell’accudimento e
una struttura pubblica dove gli anziani tornano bambini.
Tommasina
is ninety-two years old but she is convinced she’s eighteen
years old. She would like to study in order to become a professor
and she would like to fall in love and marry “I am what I
forgot”, said Tommasina, mixing up past and present. Her day
reveals a dignity unknown tp Alzheimer: the importance of
one’s own family care and a public institution where aged
people become once again children.
Tommasina
a quatre-vingt deux ans mais est convaincue d’en avoir dix-huit
et d’avoir encore toute sa vie devant elle. Au cours d’une
journée, Tommasina, atteinte de la maladie d’Alzheimer,
nous confie des bribes de son histoire. “Je suis ce que j’ai
oublié ”nous dit-elle dans la confusion du présent
et du passé.