Archaeologist Sarah (Rebel Wilson) struggles to maintain a connection with her husband, Joe (Celyn Jones), who suffered a TBI after surgery for a brain tumor. Joe has severe anterograde amnesia , meaning he cannot form new memories and is often impulsive or disinhibited.
The film focuses on how TBI fundamentally changes a person's personality, leaving their loved ones to grieve for someone who is still physically present.
The story follows two parallel but eventually overlapping lives of couples dealing with the aftermath of TBI: The Almond and the Seahorse YIFY
Architect Toni (Charlotte Gainsbourg) cares for her partner, Gwen (Trine Dyrholm), who has retrograde amnesia following a car accident. Gwen is "frozen" in time, unable to remember the last 15 years and feeling like a stranger in her own life.
Directed by Celyn Jones and Tom Stern, the film is an adaptation of 2008 stage play. It explores the "silent epidemic" of Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI) and the heavy emotional toll they take on caregivers. Plot Summary Archaeologist Sarah (Rebel Wilson) struggles to maintain a
It highlights the exhaustion and loneliness of full-time caregiving, as Sarah and Toni seek a way to re-imagine a future while being "ambushed by time".
Critics noted this as a rare non-comedy role for Wilson, praising her ability to convey the "emotional turmoil" of a woman at the end of her rope. The story follows two parallel but eventually overlapping
The 2022 British drama stars Rebel Wilson and Charlotte Gainsbourg . The film's title is a poetic reference to the amygdala (shaped like an almond) and the hippocampus (shaped like a seahorse), the two primary structures in the brain that process memory and emotions. Movie Overview