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The Boy Who Can't Forget
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The Boy Who Can't Forget

2012-09-25 · 47 min · ★ 6.0

Documentary

Can you remember what you were doing on 15th March 2003? Or what the weather was like on 30th May 2007? Twenty-year-old British student Aurelien can. He is one of a handful of people in the world baffling scientists with their ability to recall an incredible amount of their lives. This remarkable documentary explores the recently discovered phenomenon known as superior autobiographical memory.

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Barnaby Peel
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