'Ein Mann seiner Zeit' by Roswitha Quadflieg
Roswitha Quadflieg
Roswitha Quadflieg’s novel tells the story of Paul Gärtner who, in his mid-seventies and reliant on a wheelchair after battling cancer, records his life story and advocates for the right to access sodium pentobarbital for those seeking to end their lives on their own. The novel was received with praise from advocacy groups in Germany and Switzerland.
'Sonhar com Leões' by Paolo Marinou-Blanco
Paolo Marinou-Blanco (director)
Gilda, a Brazilian immigrant in Portugal, has an inoperable cancer and wants to die. After various failed suicide attempts, she joins the sketchy group Joy Transition International and meets Amadeu, a young undertaker who also wants to die. Their search for a peaceful death is the plot of this comedy that ends in Spain, where a doctor is willing to bend the euthanasia bureaucracies for immigrants.