Exit: The Right to Die
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Fernand Melgar
Dr. Jerome Sobel
Marianne Tendon
Florence Adam
Stefan Bossert
Camille Cottagnoud
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Synopsis
No one knows the day or hour of one's death, and most of us hope ours will be quick and painless. But when incurable illness strikes--accompanied by extreme pain, physical incapacity, and reduced quality of life--one is confronted with difficult questions about how to spare oneself, as well as family members and loved ones, the long, slow, drawn-out agony of our ultimate demise. Social taboos about death have generated legal, medical, and ethical prohibitions against voluntary euthanasia or physician-assisted suicide. Switzerland is presently the only country in the world where suicide assistance is legal. That nation's Exit organization, for over twenty years, has provided volunteers who counsel and accompany the terminally-ill and severely handicapped towards a death of their choice.
Director
Fernand Melgar
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Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 2006
Released in United States Fall October 25, 2006
Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival (Nonfiction Features) September 28-October 13, 2006.
Released in United States 2006 (Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival (Nonfiction Features) September 28-October 13, 2006.)
Released in United States Fall October 25, 2006 (NY)
