Dutch filmmaker Eddy Terstall's comedy about voluntary euthanasia, which was Holland's official submission for best-foreign-film consideration in 2004, pulls off the high-wire act of being simultaneously genuinely funny and uncompromisingly serious in its examination of one terminally ill man's decision to choose the manner and time of his death and the ripples that decision sends into his circle of friends. The story begins in 2002, as conservative, gay, middle-aged dentist Camiel Vrolijk (Marcel Hensema) is nearly run down by a reckless driver who turns out to be Simon Cohen (Cees Geel), whom he hasn't seen since 1988. Camiel fills in his partner, real-estate broke...
Released:
2004
Rated:
NR
Length:
102 mins