Anna (Sissy O'Hara), an elderly woman, finds herself alone in a room she hasn't been to before, but it's filmed with objects from her past, and these objects bring back memories from her past, like the last time she tried (and failed to cook) and didn't recognize her daughter (Christie Devine) anymore to when middle-aged she (now played by Alyson Muzila) and her husband (Tim Connelly) went on  their first romantic trip without their children in ages, to when her husband (Nick Wakely) proposed to her (Chelsea Hueter) and how she handled marriage and motherhood. All memories worth treasuring - and all lost in the maze that's now Anna's mind ...

Not so much a narrative movie as a meditation on Alzheimer's, Distant Memories nevertheless is a very touching short, mainly because it doesn't try to hammer its message home and bank on big emotions but instead goes for associative storytelling and this way grows what it's trying to see organically and this way makes it relatable to its audience. And Sissy O'Hara's on-point performance also helps to bring the story to life in what's overall a very worthwhile watch.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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