Fleeting moments of disorientation and confusion begin to punctuate her life. At 50 years of age, she is the picture of elegance and good health, exercising frequently, cooking elaborate meals and maintaining a world-class academic career as well as a happy family life.īut it quickly becomes clear that Alice’s memory is failing.
When the film opens, Alice Howland appears to have it all. Still Alice captures the emotional upheaval that results from a diagnosis of dementia and provides a compelling insight into the world of people living with the condition. Julianne Moore has been tipped to win the Best Actress Oscar for her portrayal of Alice Howland, a distinguished linguistics professor at Columbia University. This is exactly what happens to the central character of Still Alice, a film opening today nationally.ĭirected by Wash Westmoreland and Richard Glatzer, the film is based on the eponymous novel by Lisa Genova. Consider how you would feel then if your memories were stripped from you, as they are from people diagnosed with dementia. For many of us, memories are our most precious possessions they makes us the people we are.
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