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Exit: The Right to Die

2006 · 76 min

A quiet, sobering documentary that sits with people facing death and asks you to witness their choices without flinching.

Overview
Switzerland is presently the only country in the world where suicide assistance is legal. Exit: The Right to Die profiles that nation's EXIT organization, which for over twenty years has provided volunteers who counsel and accompany the terminally-ill and severely handicapped towards a death of their choice.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • death
  • morality
  • aging
  • isolation
  • freedom
Places
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action0
Horror1
Humour0
Realism10
Romance0
Tension4
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight9

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Details

Genres
documentary
Directed by
Fernand Melgar
Starring
Dr. Jerome Sobel, Marianne Tendon
Runtime
76 min
Country
Switzerland
Languages
French

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