Live Twice, Love Once (2019)

A retired academic teacher tries to find the love of his youth after being diagnosed with Alzheimer's.

Director:

Maria Ripoll

Writer:

María Mínguez

Stars:

Oscar Martínez, Inma Cuesta, Mafalda Carbonell

6 wins & 9 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Oscar Martínez	...	Emilio
Inma Cuesta	...	Julia
Mafalda Carbonell	...	Blanca
Nacho López	...	Felipe
Isabel Requena	...	Margarita
Aina Clotet	...	Camarera
Antonio Valero	...	Lorenzo (Marido Margarita)
María Zamora	...	Catalina
Hugo Balaguer	...	Pau
Valeria Schoneveld	...	Margarita niña
Lucas Cavataio	...	Emilio niño
Amparo Oltra	...	Enfermera Paqui
Mamen García	...	Angustias
Manuel Valls	...	Médico (as Manu Valls)
Silvia Valero	...	Doctora Simón

Storyline

2018, City of Valencia (east to Spain). Emilio is a retired academic teacher, widow five years ago of his wife Carmen, who lives the days in a comfortable routine eating in the same bar and solving magic squares in the pastimes until that one day he has difficult to complete the square and confuses the streets to back home. Going to the hospital for a routine medical check, he is diagnosed with the first stage of the Alzheimer's disease, which eventually will delete all his mind and remembers. Just when he leaves the hospital Emilio meets by chance with Julia, his stranded daughter, who works as medical commercial. Noticing about the disease, Julia invites Emilio to a family lunch with his dysfunctional family composed by her husband and his son-in-law Felipe, who tries to be an Internet motivational coach after he was fired of his previous job, and his lame granddaughter Blanca, a 11 years old child as streetwiser as expert in the cell phones and social networks, to consider options ...

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Plot Keywords:

alzheimer | disfunctional family | grandfather granddaughter relationship | father daughter relationship | flashback | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Certificate:

TV-MA

Did You Know?

Trivia

The character of Blanca was originally a older teenager, but when the producers found Mafalda Carbonell, they loved her so much that adapted the character to her age.

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Quotes

Felipe: Emilio, You have a real problem with passive aggressive behavior as a defense. Are you aware of that?
Emilio: Really? And I thought Alzheimer's was my problem.

User Reviews

Charming and relateable

Great character development. Strong performances. Well shot. End result enjoyable, but not life changing.

Details

Country:

Spain

Language:

Spanish Catalan

Release Date:

6 September 2019 (Spain)

Also Known As:

Live Twice, Love Once

Box Office

Budget:

EUR1,300,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$368,430

Company Credits

Production Co:

Alamar Cinena 161, Convoy Films, Crea SGR

Technical Specs

Runtime:

101 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Atmos

Color:

Color