Maurice (2014)

Directed by

François Jaros

Genre

drama

Country

Canada

Runtime

14 min

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man with ALS makes final arrangements for his assisted suicide. The film follows his quiet preparations and interactions with others.

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What happens

Maurice is a Canadian short drama film, directed by François Jaros and released in 2015. The film stars Richard Fréchette as Maurice, a man with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis who is making his final preparations before his planned death by assisted suicide. The cast also includes Andrée Cousineau, Yves Jacques, François Lambert, Pierre Lenoir, Alice Pascual and Fred-Eric Salvail. The film premiered in March 2015 at the Regard short film festival in Saguenay, Quebec. It was subsequently screened at the Fantasia International Film Festival, where it won the Cheval noir for best short film. The film won the Jutra Award for Best Live Action Short Film at the 18th Jutra Awards in 2016. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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