Aqui sigo (Still here) brings together the existential ponderings of the people around us who perhaps most deserve to be taken notice of, those who have lived the longest. We jump from Sardinia to Japan, from Mexico to Barcelona and from Costa Rica to Canada, hearing poignant memories of love and loss, and of joy and hardship. As these nonagenarians and centenarians look back on their life, which memories do they most cherish? Which moments do they most often recall? Is suffering and struggle prerequisite to achieving happiness and peace? Perhaps their thoughts on how to live a long and full life are very different from those that we are usually offered. These characters are a diverse and surprising collection of ordinary people who are living extraordinary lives. Some speak with humour and lightness and some with drama and force, but none are afraid of being old and more importantly, none are afraid of being alive. Their stories of work, play, love and death are interspersed with ...