Still Alice Drama - Film

Still Alice
Still Alice is about Alice, who has her life well together. She has a nice husband, three grown children and a prestigious job as a linguist at Harvard University. But gradually Alice loses her grip on her ordered life. She forgets appointments, falls into repetition during presentations and gets lost during her standard run. It soon becomes apparent that Alice has Alzheimer's, even though she is only fifty. The world she knew is getting smaller and smaller. Alice must learn to reshape her life and her relationships. It is no longer about the future, but about the moment. And about staying yourself while everything around you changes.

American neuroscientist Lisa Genova self-published her novel Still Alice in 2007. Two years later, the book was picked up by a major publisher. The reissue became a bestseller. Still Alice was translated into 37 languages and sold 2.4 million copies worldwide. In the Netherlands, the book was titled I miss myself.

As is often the case with popular books, Still Alice has been filmed. The lead roles in the film are played by Julianne Moore, Alec Baldwin, Kristen Stewart, Kate Bosworth and Hunter Parrish. Julianne Moore is praised for the way she portrays her character Alice. She even received the Oscar for Best Female Lead for it, America's most important film award.