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

Abstract

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. Arrugas (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.

Keywords

• enfermedad de alzheimer
• vejez
• residencia para ancianos
• amistad
• cómic
• cine