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'''''The Alzheimer Case''''' (a.k.a. '''''The Alzheimer Affair''''' or '''''The Memory of a Killer''''') (Dutch title: ''De Zaak Alzheimer'') is a 2003 directed by De Zaak Alzheimer'' by Jef Geeraerts.

An American remake of the film is in development at Focus Features.  Stephane Sperry is the producer.  Matthew Michaud adapted the screenplay from the original film.  

==Plot==

Ledda, a former hitman for organized crime, agrees to a last killing, despite his recently-developed Alzheimer's disease. He is to kill two people; on killing the first and recovering a package from the first victim, he then learns the second victim is Biekke, a twelve-year-old girl pimped by her father, who had been recently busted; Ledda refuses to kill a child. Resultantly, his employer, Seynaeve, has another hitman kill Biekke and orders him to kill Ledda. Ledda kills the hitman first but loses a prostitute who had befriended him.

As a result, Ledda decides to kill Seynaeve. He also reviews the contents of the safety deposit box, and discovers that his employer had Bieke and the first target killed to cover for several individuals who had used the services of the child. He decides to clean house by killing them all, several of whom are high-ranking government officials. Ledda's alzheimer's condition  (for which he takes an experimental drug) periodically impacts him throughout the movie, resulting in disoriention and seemingly forgetful of what he was doing for a brief period of time. It grows worse as the movie progresses.

Ledda is hounded in his attempts to get revenge/justice on the Johns by the police, two detectives in particular (Vincke, and Verstuyft), who always seem to be one step behind him. Ledda toys with the police over this fact, though ends up with a gunshot wound to the arm from Verstuyft because of attempting to talk to Vincke at one point. 

'''''La Mémoire du tueur''''' (titre original : ''De Zaak Alzheimer'') est le titre d'un polar belge réalisé par 2004.

== Synopsis  ==
En 1995, à Anvers, le commissaire Vincke et son adjoint, l'inspecteur Verstuyft enquêtent sur un réseau pédophile. Au cours d'une intervention, Cuypers, qui prostitue sa fille de 12 ans est tué. Parallèlement, à Marseille, Angelo Ledda, tueur à gage qui présente les premiers symptômes de la Maladie d'Alzheimer, est chargé d'éliminer deux personnes. Très vite, Ledda se rend compte qu'on cherche à lui faire effacer les traces d'un réseau pédophile, le même que celui sur lequel enquêtent Vincke et Verstuyft. Ledda se retourne contre ses employeurs mais sachant combien de temps sa maladie lui laisse, il décide de mettre Vincke sur ses traces...

== Distribution ==
*Koen De Bouw - Eric Vincke
*Werner De Smedt - Freddy Verstuyft
*Jan Decleir - Angelo Ledda
*Jo De Meyere - Baron Henri Gustave de Haeck
*Tom Van Dyck - Jean de Haeck
*Vic de Wachter - Dr. Joseph Vlerick
*Hilde De Baerdemaeker - Linda de Leenheer
*Geert Van Rampelberg - Tom Coemans
*Johan Van Assche - Comm. François Van Parys
*Jappe Claes - Marcel Bracke
*Gene Bervoets - Seynaeve
*Lone van Roosendaal - Henriette Seynaeve
*Lucas van den Eijnde - Bob Van Camp
*Els Dottermans - Eva Van Camp
*Patrick Descamps - Gilles Resnais
*Esthelle Unik - Anja Laeremans
*Laurien Van den Broeck - Brigitte 'Bieke' Cuypers
*Dirk Roofthooft - Mr. Cuypers

==Récompenses==
2003 : ''Joseph Plateau Awards'', Meilleur Réalisateur, Meilleur film, Meilleur Scénario, Meilleur acteur : Jan Decleir
== Autour du film ==
"De zaak Alzheimer", réunissant les acteurs flamands les plus populaires, fût l'un des plus gros succès cinématographique en Flandre, en 2004. Parallèlement, il n'eut que très peu de succès du côté francophone du pays.