Robin’s Wish

In August 2014, the world was shocked by the suicide of the famous actor Robin Williams. The one who brought so much humor to this world chose a tragic ending for himself. While people were arguing about the reasons that prompted the actor to do this, it became known that Robin Williams had been diagnosed with Lewy body dementia, a rapidly progressive cognitive dysfunction.

It was the act of the actor that attracted increased attention to this diagnosis, which is the most common among neurodegenerative dementias after Alzheimer’s disease in the world. Robin’s wish was for people to become less afraid and pay more attention to important things.
An intimate portrait of Robin Williams and his invulnerable spirit, Robin’s Wish is the story of what really happened to one of the greatest entertainers of all time – and what his mind was fighting.

In August 2014, the world was shocked to find out that Robin Williams had died by suicide. For someone who brought so much humor to the world, it was a tragic, traumatic end. But no one knew how much more there was to the story. Left to speculate on Robin’s motives, the media circus spun out further and further, leaving the public in the dark about a complicated and obscured truth: Robin – bright, funny, quick witted – had lost a battle against an unknown enemy: the nearly impossible to diagnose brain disease Lewy body dementia. Knowing the truth can make all the difference. LBD is a disease that, while all too common, is unknown to most, and without a diagnosis causes heightened fear, paranoia and confusion. In the end, Robin may have lost his final battle with dementia, but he succeeded at his lifelong goal – To make people less afraid. This is Robin’s wish.