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Simon and Marianne (2024)

Simon and Marianne poster
Original title
Simon et Marianne
Directed by
Pier-Luc Latulippe
Genre
documentary
Country
Canada
Runtime
1h 11m
Rated
18
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A documentary follows a writer and his wife during his final months after a terminal brain cancer diagnosis. It shows their daily life and how they face the end together.

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What happens

Simon and Marianne (French: Simon et Marianne) is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Pier-Luc Latulippe and Martin Fournier and released in 2024. The film centres on author Simon Roy and his wife, Marianne Marquis-Gravel, as they go through Roy's final months after being diagnosed with incurable terminal brain cancer. The film premiered in June 2024 at the Sheffield DocFest in the United Kingdom, and had its Canadian premiere at the Montreal International Documentary Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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