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Original title: Zu Ende Leben
2014 Movie Switzerland Documentary, Biography 95 min
By: Rebecca Panian With: Thomas Niessl, Christian Gfeller, Malin Ackermann, Franz Hohler, Dimitri

It is easy to plan life and suppress death. While consumerism and restlessness is prevalent in society, confronting loss and grief is increasingly shunned. Director Rebecca Panian wants to break this taboo. In ZU ENDE LEBEN, she accompanied the 51-year-old Thomas, who suffered from a brain tumour, over several months. She also asked Swiss personalities, among others from the fields of culture, media, medicine and religion, to contemplate the subject of death. Thomas’ self-testimony and the reflections of the other protagonists, including Franz Hohler, Pedro Lenz and Kurt Aeschbacher, are distilled into an impressive collage. A film that deals with the death, but is bursting with life. "The fear of death does not keep us from dying, but from living. This saying expresses in simple terms why I wanted to make this film." (Rebecca Panian)

Festival Achievements

Zurich Film Festival 2014
Awards:
Audience Award
Selections:
Programme

Mood

Enlightening
Inspiring
Reflective
Thoughtful

Cast & Crew

Rebecca Panian
Elena Ibello
Christian Gfeller
Franz Hohler
Malin Ackermann
Thomas Niessl
Dimitri
Franz Hohler (Subject)
Rebecca Panian (Director)

Cinematic Technique

Documentary
Interview
Realism

Pace

Contemplative
Slow
Steady

Style

Documentary
Intimate
Personal

Central Conflict

Acceptance Of Death
Living Fully

Characters

Swiss Author Franz Hohler
Tom

Ending

Hopeful
Life-Affirming

Key Plot Points

Death As Adviser
Diagnosis Of Incurable Tumor
Redefining Life

Plot

Death Awareness
Life And Death
Life Reflection
Personal Reflection
Personal Stories
Terminal Illness

Setting

Contemporary
Switzerland
Urban

Shooting Location

Switzerland

Theme

Acceptance
Existentialism
Living Fully
Mortality
Personal Growth

Genre

Biographical
Documentary
Drama

Audiences

Adults
Philosophical Audiences
Philosophical Viewers
Thoughtful Viewers

Titles

Dying To Live
Zu Ende Leben

Production Countries

Switzerland

Release Year

2014
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