Dying Alive

Synopsis

Montreal, a multigenerational house loaded with books, paintings and knick-knacks, so many memories revived on the evening of one last Christmas Eve. Luc, a retired pediatrician and teacher in his eighties, lives with his son François, a pediatrician like his father, and François' wife Esther. Suffering and physically diminished, the old man has now decided to end his life. In a corrosive and sensitive verbal joust, he asks his son to end his days in privacy. The son then takes him on an existential and circus-like journey through the streets of Montreal where the father is supposed to go to his final destination, a hospital where he will be confronted with his ultimate wish: the choice between the finality of medical aid to die or a return to square one, the small pleasures of what remains of his life, alive.

Main Cast

Marcel Sabourin

Luc

Age : N/A | Popularity : 6%

Benoît Brière

François

Age : N/A | Popularity : 29%

Élise Guilbault

Esther

Age : N/A | Popularity : 10%

Dorothée Berryman

Pierrette

Age : N/A | Popularity : 32%

Stéphane Jacques

Age : N/A | Popularity : 10%

Louise Forestier

Françoise (voice)

Age : N/A | Popularity : 7%

Caroline Quach

Collègue

Age : N/A | Popularity : 4%

Jean-François Chicoine

Père Noël (uncredited)

Age : N/A | Popularity : 4%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Production	Producer	Paul Cadieux
Directing	Director	Benoît Brière
Writing	Writer	Jean-François Chicoine
Department	Role	Name

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