Iris (2001)

Abstract

This movie tells the story of English novelist and philosopher Iris Murdoch. It is based on a Elegy for Iris (1998), a book by John Bayley, her husband. In her late 70s, Murdoch developed Alzheimer's Diease (originally thought to be temporary writer's block). An English professor, Bayley tells the story of his 45 year marriage to Murdoch and details the effect of Alzheimer's Disease on their relationship and on Iris Murdoch herself. Murdoch was the author of approximately 29 novels, some works of philosophy, and the winner of the Booker Prize for literature. She died in 1999.