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Before I Forget (2021)
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Original name: Asesino del olvido
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Pascual León, a retired 65-year-old man, finds out how to give meaning to his last days after being diagnosed with Alzheimer's: to avenge a past crime before his memory loss erases everything that he is.
Style:
psychological, captivating, suspenseful, thrilling, psychological thriller, dark, tense, bleak, melancholic, grim ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
memory, revenge, memory loss, alzheimer's disease, vengeance, tragic past, illness, life is a bitch, senior citizen, retired, fighting illness, confronting the past, investigation, vigilante, aging, loss, identity, moral ambiguity, character study, justice, female detective, family secret, guilt, cat and mouse, ethical dilemma ...
Time:
2020s, contemporary
Place:
latin america
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Place:
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Duration: 45 min.
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