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It's the Heart That Dies Last (2017)

It's the Heart That Dies Last poster
Original title
C'est le coeur qui meurt en dernier
Directed by
Alexis Durand-Brault
Genre
drama film
Country
Canada
Runtime
1h 43m
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A successful writer reconnects with his estranged mother. He discovers she has Alzheimer's and she asks him to help her die.

intimatebittersweetslow-burncontemplativemelancholicfamilialtenderpoignant

What happens

It's the Heart That Dies Last (French: C'est le cœur qui meurt en dernier) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Alexis Durand-Brault and released in 2017. Based on the 2013 novel by Robert Lalonde, the film stars Gabriel Sabourin as Julian, a writer who has broken through to popular success with a memoir of his dysfunctional family. He reunites with his estranged mother (Denise Filiatrault), only to learn that she is suffering from Alzheimer's disease and wants Julian's help in ending her life. Sabourin has also written the screenplay. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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