The present article aims to show how traditional stereotypes about cognitive impairment are still present in actual films, although with a tendency towards more complex forms of representation. Three recent films about protagonists with Down’s syndrome show different ways to play with the stereotypes of victim and hero and offer a new kind of experience with this type of impairment to the spectator. While ‚Le huitième jour ‚and ‚Yo, también‘ destroy unilateral ideas of victims or heroes, ‚León y Olvido‘ includes ambivalence as well as a resource to undermine deadlocked images about disability and normality.