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THE HOSPICE

By Chang-Jae LEE

Documentary - Completed 2014

- Year of production
- 2014
- Genres
- Documentary
- Countries
- KOREA (South)
- Duration
- 99 mn
- Director(s)
- Chang-Jae LEE
- Synopsis
- The film follows the very last days of the terminal patients and their families. And the moment of last breathing. This film is set in a hospice located outskirts of Seoul, where terminal patients who cannot find any more hope come to finalize their lives. On average, a patient spends his or her last 21 days in the hospice, trying to make the most out of what remains of life and preparing for a peaceful death. Some succeed in spending quality time with their beloved, but others keep struggling against the reality of their imminent death. The film invites the audiences to the hospice and offers a unique opportunity to observe the patients and how they deal with the end of their lives.