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Marie-Thérèse Chailley, Mamita, the filmmaker’s grandmother used to be an internationally famous viola player, with a strong, charismatic temperament. Today, Alzheimer’s disease has banished from her memory almost all of her past. ‘Some film subjects inspire you to tell a story, others to share sensations. I wanted my documentary to be of the second kind. I certainly wished to recreate complex relationship with time, as well as the anguish of losing one’s memory through Alzheimer’s disease, taking as a basis my own family history, especially my grandmother’s. Although the theme is grave, I still wished to draw inspiration from Mamita’s lively and joyful character, from her sometimes disturbing laughter and her sparkling eyes. I wanted to advance against the tide, since film gives you that freedom.’ (Fanny Guiard)