Memories of My Father (El olvido que seremos)
Memories of My Father (El olvido que seremos)
Directed by Fernando Trueba
(Colombia, 2020, Digital, in Spanish, English, and Italian with English subtitles)
Memories of My Father dramatizes the true story of Héctor Abad Gómez (Javier Cámara), a renowned Colombian doctor and human-rights activist in Medellín during the violent 1970s. Driven by sadness and rage after cancer takes the life of one of his daughters, he devotes himself to social and political causes without regard to his personal safety. Directed by Academy Award–winning filmmaker Fernando Trueba, this intimate story is told by the doctor’s only son, Héctor Abad Faciolince, one of the most outstanding writers in contemporary Colombia.
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Organized by the MFAH in association with the creative partner Fundación PROA, Buenos Aires.
Sponsored by Tenaris.
Programmed in collaboration with Cinema Tropical.
Memories of My Father (El olvido que seremos)
Directed by Fernando Trueba
(Colombia, 2020, 136 minutes)
Lynn Wyatt Theater