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Tuesday
Nov022021
First-Time director Fatemeh Mohammadi on Love, Old Age and Being Kinder Together #NaBloPoMo
Tuesday, November 2, 2021 at 11:35PM A woman named Mehrbanoo tries everything to make her husband’s life, who is suffering from Alzheimer’s, worth living in Oblivion, a live action drama written by Hossein Amiri, Pedram Pour Amiri and Mohammad Davoodi.
Rental issues and the absence of the elderly couple's children and grandchildren take their toll in this sensitive portrayal and directorial debut of Fatemeh Mohammadi, an actress and theatrical arts teacher who crewed several short films before making her first film.
"This film pops questions in the mind. Do we leave our parent in their old age alone? To suffer in pain?" asks Fatemeh who says Oblivion shows viewers what aging without the support of one's children is like.
"In the end, this film is simply the portrayal of love for one another."
Audiences had an opportunity to see Oblivion when Round III of the 2019 Short Film Slam, presented by The Madlab Post screened in Baltimore and Philadelphia.
Do YOU know anyone who is affected by Alzheimer’s?
What are the best ways YOU'VE seen for someone to have support when aging without children or loved ones?
Stay tuned for more from director Fatemeh Mohammadi in honor of The Madlab Post studio's 4-Year Anniversary in 40 Days and 40 Moments!
Reader Comments (3)
It is such a terrible illness indeed.
Yes Dezzy. Wish they would find a cure already.
I had a coworker whose father suffered from Alzheimer's. The dementia that accompanied it was a difficult thing for her to deal with in her interactions with him. She would sometimes cry from the weight of supporting him, but she wouldn't have had it any other way. He'd been there for her and she intended to be with him in his time of need.
She described it like experiencing the physical, mental, and emotional trauma of a car crash on repeat having to help him deal. These are often parents who were so strong, authoritative, knowledgeable, and dependable...who now think they live in their childhood homes or don't recognize their own grandchildren.
This artistic depiction without the support of their children, I can just imagine the heart-wrenching daily, hourly affair.