Arrugas (2011) by Ignacio Ferreras. Alzheimer´s disease through comic and cinema

• Main Authors: Miguel ABAD VILA, María Blanca MAYOR SERRANO
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca 2019-12-01
• Series: Revista de Medicina y Cine / Journal of Medicine and Movies
• Subjects: enfermedad de alzheimer; vejez; residencia para ancianos; amistad; cómic; cine
• Online Access: https://revistas.usal.es/index.php/medicina_y_cine/article/view/21818

<p>Alzheimer's disease is the most common dementia among the elderly. Its devastating effects are not limited exclusively to the sick, but also affect their relatives and caregivers. Due to their high degree of dependence, during the final stages of the disease many of these patients may need to be institutionalized. <em>Arrugas</em> (2011) by Ignacio Ferreras, inspired by the hit comic of the same name (2007) by the cartoonist Paco Roca (2008), shows us the vicissitudes that his protagonist, Emilio, has to go through when his family decides to enter him in a nursing home, and the links he establishes with other inmates, especially the shameless and nihilist Miguel.</p>