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Between euthanasia and constant therapeutic treatment, there is another alternative that allows the dying to maintain true dignity. Virtually unknown, palliative care provides the kind of quality end-of-life care one has the right to expect in a interdependent and humane society. If death remains a taboo subject, it is because we are frightened of it and don't want to know about it. With gentleness, humility and humanity, this film strips away our prejudices about death and the end of life. It takes us into a Palliative Care Unit, where, daily, men and women provide end-of-life care. The film also deals with the terminally ill who have decided to die at home, among their family, with the assistance of a mobile team.

France - 2000 - 52 mn - Betacam Digital - Colour

Réalisation Jean-Claude Poirson Scénario Jean-Claude Poirson Image Jean-Claude Poirson Montage Nathalie Krylatov-Gallet Musique Bertrand Vigier

Production Human Doors Films, 51 rue de la Carpe Haute, 67000 Strasbourg, France Tél : +33 (0)3 8831 8561 Fax : +33 (0)3 8831 8562 E-mail : humandoors@yahoo.fr Co-Production France 3 Alsace

Ventes Play Film, 14 rue du Moulin Joly, 75011 Paris, France Tél : +33 (0)1 4807 5685 Fax : +33 (0)1 4923 0716 E-mail : playfilm@playfilm.fr