Dr. Wilczur (Leszek Lichota) is a genius of 1930s Polish medicine in Forgotten Love. He cares nothing for titles and honors. Despite his wealth and recognition, his greatest joy is playing with his daughter Marysia and trying to please his unhappy wife. Professionally, he goes out of his way to help the poor and, despite the disapproval of his prestigious colleagues, he brings poor patients to his high-society clinic, offering to pay for their treatment himself. His good work earns him a promotion over a much more ambitious doctor. Wilczur's life falls apart when his wife leaves him for another man and takes their daughter to a remote rural town. The more ambitious doctor, pretending to help, sets him up for such a severe attack that, although no body is found, Wilczur is presumed dead. Fifteen years pass and a disheveled Wilczur wanders the countryside with total amnesia, looking for something, but he doesn't remember what. He settles in a rural outpost and treats poor sick people. His daughter Marysia (Maria Kowalska), orphaned by her mother and stepfather, works nearby in a tavern to earn money for college.

In the film Forgotten Love, we can find several real-life situations that make us reflect on the behavior of human beings in society and us as inhabitants of this world. The situations seen in the film refer to the values with which we are instilled and taught from birth.

One of the main situations is friendship... and from here I begin my story with the first question: How can we identify a friend or a great friend?

We can all be friends... that person who knows the other, shares moments, knows the family, and so on. This character is represented by the friend of Professor Rafal Wilczur who guided him and sponsored him in everything; but at the moment he had to help him and defend him, he left him alone and at the mercy of terrible situations. That is not a friend because he wanted to keep his position and career at the hospital. A great friend is that unconditional person in all situations of life and who will always be available to help and support the friend regardless of the situation. In this case, in the film, he sees it reflected in the friend he made in that small town who, without any self-interest, always helped and supported him.

How can a decision impact our life?

The decision that Professor Rafal's wife made to leave him and go with their daughter to a faraway place and not give the girl the opportunity to grow up comfortably and next to her father marked a significant change in the future of the professor's daughter. Despite having grown up next to her mother, she lacked the support and love of her father who, by the way, adored her. When the professor's daughter grew up, she went through several hardships in order to get ahead.

This decision of the wife had both negative and positive impacts on the life of the girl as an adolescent and adult. It had a positive impact because many situations she lived through brought her experiences that helped her to become a good woman. And it impacted her in a not very positive way because she had to go through hardships and some difficulties since her mother could not provide her with an education.

What are the principles that are not negotiable in life?

Loyalty towards people or situations that have made us better people or have helped us out of a difficult situation without expecting anything in return.

Self-love: That is a value that we sometimes do not consider a value, but it is so important that it makes us strong.

Kindness is a value that means that we are able to give and receive things from others.

Faith: Faith should not be interpreted only in something religious. Faith in people, that things will always turn out well despite adverse situations.

Resilience is the ability to fight and persist for something you want to achieve. In the film, the professor's daughter always knew what she wanted to achieve.

In conclusion, it is a film that leaves many lessons for life. In the film, the professor always had faith that he could recover his mind and remember.

By: Juliana Espitia 6°