Wat Ik Nog Ben (2016)

Name: Wat Ik Nog Ben
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2017-12-25T22:09:00+01:00
Rating: 2.75

Documentary | 54 minutes

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Genre: Documentary

Duration: 54 minuten

Country: Netherlands

Directed by: Jurgen Bakker and Thom Verheul

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Wat Ik Nog Ben plot

Gerard Smit was a biologist and brain scientist at the Netherlands Brain Institute, among others. He was diagnosed with Alzheimer's in 2011. He has been filmed ever since. He and his wife have made 'a covenant' with the disease: not only to mourn the loss, but above all to look for what is still possible. When writing is no longer possible, Gerard paints. “I no longer work with my head but from my feelings. Then Alzheimer's no longer in control, but myself. I am also grateful for the disease, because I have discovered something in myself that I would never have found otherwise. Maybe the work is nothing, but it makes me happy”.