“The Father” (M) **** and a half
COGNITIVE impairment. It is unlikely to kill you, but if you get it, you probably won’t acknowledge that you’ve got it because you don’t remember things from before you developed it. Got all that? Okay, now read on.
It’s doctor-speak for being unable to remember things – not necessarily everything, but in writer (in association with Christopher Hampton) and director Florian Zeller’s film, it’s people’s names, where everyday items have been left, what arrangements for carers have been made, those little things that mean much to a comfortable daily life.