“My name is Joaquim, and my life has nothing special.”
This is how the film begins, and the film is what makes (among other things) Joaquim Pinto special.
A notebook, a diary. A tale of pains and joys, of suffering and struggling. Of books and films. Of many places and moves. Of memories and images that come again and again. A tale of bodies, cells, and the making of mankind.
Almost 20 years ago, Joaquim Pinto has been diagnosed with AIDS. After having gone through all available treatments, he has entered an experimental program with a Spanish specialist.
From November 2011 on, Joaquim has been making a film: the notebook of one year of tests and treatment, of limited activity. But also a year of going through one’s memories, a year to study and think, a year to live with Nuno, his life partner and husband, to live with the neighbors and the friends,...
This is how the film begins, and the film is what makes (among other things) Joaquim Pinto special.
A notebook, a diary. A tale of pains and joys, of suffering and struggling. Of books and films. Of many places and moves. Of memories and images that come again and again. A tale of bodies, cells, and the making of mankind.
Almost 20 years ago, Joaquim Pinto has been diagnosed with AIDS. After having gone through all available treatments, he has entered an experimental program with a Spanish specialist.
From November 2011 on, Joaquim has been making a film: the notebook of one year of tests and treatment, of limited activity. But also a year of going through one’s memories, a year to study and think, a year to live with Nuno, his life partner and husband, to live with the neighbors and the friends,...
- 8/10/2013
- by Marie-Pierre Duhamel
- MUBI
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