Remember (Film -- Starring Christopher Plummer and Martin
Landau)
Zev is an Auschwitz survivor currently living in a nursing home
suffering the not-quite-so-early stages of dementia. He promised his wheelchair bound friend and
co-resident that he would find the Nazi guard who murdered their families and
kill him, but only after his dear wife Ruth has died. Ruth has just passed away and with a detailed
letter in hand Zev sets off to exact revenge.
It is hard to watch someone with dementia struggle with his
surroundings every time he awakens, either from sleep or a short nap, but the
letter keeps him on task and his moments of lucidity are nice to see. The two survivors only have an assumed name
to go by to track the killer, so Zev needs to visit a few men before finding
the one he is looking for. His adventures
along the way are poignant and shocking, but it is the ending that will hit you
like a shot to the gut and keep this film in your memory long after you finish
watching.