Imaginaerum 2012

Overview

Imaginaerum is a 2012 fantasy and drama film released in Finland on November 23, 2012, with a runtime of one hour and twenty-six minutes. The film was co-written and directed by Stobe Harju and was developed with and features music from the Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish's seventh studio album of the same name, with the band's keyboardist and songwriter Tuomas Holopainen co-writing the project. The story follows an elderly composer named Tom who suffers from severe dementia. Because he has had the disease for years and has regressed into childhood, Tom remembers practically nothing from his adult life. His music, friends, and past, including the memory of his daughter, are a blur in his fragile mind. All he has left is the imagination of a ten-year-old boy. As he drifts away into a coma, it seems impossible to get back what he has lost, raising the question of whether he can return.