''Live Twice, Love Once'' () is a 2019 Spanish

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film directed by

María Ripoll Maria Ripoll Julià (born 1963) is a Spanish film director from Barcelona, with an international background and eight feature films to her credit. The success of her film '' It's Now or Never'' placed her as the highest-grossing Spanish female fi ...

Synopsis

A poignant tragic comedy about family, love, ageing, Alzheimer's and dementia. A successful Spanish mathematics professor faces the awful reality of Alzheimer's and increasingly reverts to earlier memories of a lost love. With hesitant but increasing support from his somewhat dysfunctional family, the professor pursues a childhood dream before losing all his memory, forging stronger family ties long the way.

Release

The film premiered in Madrid on 6 September 2019.

Reception

, of the critics reviews compiled on

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are positive, with an average rating of .

Awards and nominations

, - , align = "center" rowspan = "12" , 2019 , , rowspan = "12" , 2nd Valencian Audiovisual Awards , , colspan = "2" , Best Film , , , , rowspan = "12" , , - , Best Actress , , Inma Cuesta , , , - , Best Actor , , Óscar Martínez , , , - , Best Supporting Actress , , Mafalda Carbonell , , , - , Best Supporting Actor , , Nacho López , , , - , Best Screenplay , , María Minguez Pardo , , , - , Best Original Score , , Arnau Bataller, Simón Smith , , , - , Best Sound , , Carlos Lidón , , , - , Best Makeup and Hairstyles , , Esther Guillem, Marta Arce , , , - , Best Costume Design , , Cristina Rodríguez , , , - , Best Cinematography , , Nuria Roldós , , , - , Best Production Supervision , , Christian Guijarro, Lorena Lluch , ,

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