The Life of a Man: Dementia Unravelled A Drama by Century Films.
Award Number
100750/Z/12/ZStatus / Stage
CompletedDates
1 January 2013 -31 August 2013
Duration (calculated)
00 years 07 monthsFunder(s)
Wellcome TrustFunding Amount
£10,000.00Contracted Centre
Century FilmsPrincipal Investigator
Miss Kate VinesWHO Catergories
Models across the continuum of careDisease Type
Dementia (Unspecified)CPEC Review Info
| Reference ID | 313 |
|---|---|
| Researcher | Reside Team |
| Published | 12/06/2023 |
Data
| Award Number | 100750/Z/12/Z |
|---|---|
| Status / Stage | Completed |
| Start Date | 20130101 |
| End Date | 20130831 |
| Duration (calculated) | 00 years 07 months |
| Contracted Centre | Century Films |
| Funding Amount | £10,000.00 |
Abstract
The Life of a Man offers an intimate, honest and moving portrayal of life with dementia. Based on a composite of verbatim accounts, Christopher Eccleston plays Richard, a 75-year-old man looking back on his life. Employing a non-linear narrative, the film plays with themes of memory and time, as flashbacks explore Richard’s sense of the past. From the joy of his wedding day, to Machiavellian plots against colleagues and the sorrow of bereavement the film reveals the virile, intelligent and twink ly-eyed man he was and still is to challenge perceptions of both old age and dementia itself.