“I have you!” says a gently confused Grete Sieveking to her husband, who asks, “Why?” “Because you are here” is her reply, encapsulating both the emotional neediness of dementia sufferers, and their increasing inability to reference anything beyond the current moment. After Amour, Sieveking’s tender yet unsentimental documentary on his mother’s decline and the family’s decision to care for her at home is exemplary in a different way: this is real humanity that shows pain and comfort in the context of post-1968 social developments, shaping family dynamics.
Vergiss mein nicht | Directed by David Sieveking (Germany 2012) documentary. Starts January 31