Still Alice, A film by Richard Glatzer, Wash Westmoreland

Alice Howland, happily married and mother of three adult children, is a renowned professor of linguistics at Harvard. She receives a huge shock when she is diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and realizes that her carefully built life will change drastically. Slowly but surely, she begins to lose control of her own world, while the bonds within the family are increasingly put under pressure. A frightening, heartbreaking, and inspiring portrait of an independent, strong woman who struggles to stay connected to the person she once was.