I usually shoot for five years. I am used to following people for a while.Because reality takes time to develop. People and life do not change in one month. To see process and to see narrative and dimension of time, you need to be following for a while. And in this case, I always said at the beginning I wanted to be with them until the end, and if the end was 10 years, I was going to be there 10 years.
, and everyone who agreed, it was very important for me that he agreed. He was the one that convinced Paulina to do the film. Paulina said that the film probably was his biggest act of consequence, because it was his decision to do it and to register it as his last estate.
It’s a conscious choice because it’s a film about a couple. It’s not a film about a disease. So we didn’t have to put the context from the beginning. And I think that you completely understand the situation: The film starts with a husband that does not remember who he is. It’s clear in a way.
the dedication that he made in the book to Paulina about memory, it was like, of course. So I started to take that line because he has an eternal remembrance, I think.I mean, what a thing to encounter as you’re making this movie, just thematically. It all sings.