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Memory for Max, Claire, Ida and Company (2005)

1h 52m

Running Time

September 13, 2005
Release Date

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Memory for Max, Claire, Ida and Company (2005)

Name: Memory for Max, Claire, Ida and Company
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2005-09-13

1h 52m

Running Time

September 13, 2005
Release Date

External Links & Social Media

Plot.

At Baycrest, an old-age home in Toronto, we follow a social worker as she talks to residents, particularly Max, Claire, Ida, and Rachel. The film opens on Claire's birthday, she's 89; Max, a tiny cheerful man, is her close friend. Rachel is lonesome, missing her son, complaining he rarely visits. Ida relies on memory for her solace. Helen has no memory and doesn't recognize her daughter; her moods swing. Murray keeps his cap on and likes women. Staff members bring medication, provide care, and offer small talk. Memory is fleeting: Claire re-experiences the death of a close companion several times, each time without remembering her previous grieving. Lives are circumscribed

Where to Watch.

Subs

Currently Memory for Max, Claire, Ida and Company is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Criterion Channel

Streaming in:
🇺🇸 United States

Cast & Crew.

Allan King

Director / Producer

Kathy Avrich-Johnson

Executive Producer

Peter Walker

Director of Photography

Nick Hector

Editor

Jason Milligan

Sound

Sarah Zammit

Associate Producer

Michael Bonini

Sound

Robert Carli

Original Music Composer

Details.

Release Date
September 13, 2005

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 52m

Genres
Documentary

Last updated: 2025-02-11

This Movie Is About.

aging

memory loss

dying

Wiki.

Memory for Max, Claire, Ida and Company is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Allan King and released in 2005. The film profiles a group of residents at Baycrest Health Sciences, a long term care facility in Toronto, who are suffering from varying stages of dementia.

The film premiered at the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival, and was broadcast on television by TVOntario as an episode of the documentary series The View from Here in February 2006. Its first DVD release featured a commentary track recorded by social workers and psychologists, to facilitate the film's use as a teaching tool for health care providers.

The film was named to TIFF's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2005, and was shortlisted for the Donald Brittain Award for Best Social or Political Documentary, Best Documentary Editing, and Best Documentary Sound at the 21st Gemini Awards in 2006.