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Dying at Grace (2003)

Gênero : Documentário

Runtime : 2H 28M

Director : Allan King

Sinopse

This film is about the experience of dying. Five terminal patients in a Palliative Care Unit share the last days of their lives and deaths with a film crew.

Atores

Phyllis Bobbitt
Phyllis Bobbitt
Herself
Joyce Bone
Joyce Bone
Herself
Norman Collins
Norman Collins
Himself
Lloyd Greenway
Lloyd Greenway
Himself
Colette Hegarty
Colette Hegarty
Herself
Gordon Henwood
Gordon Henwood
Himself
Sue Kaul
Sue Kaul
Herself
Arthur Morris
Arthur Morris
Himself
Marion Morris
Marion Morris
Herself
Carmela Nardone
Carmela Nardone
Herself
Rick Pollard
Rick Pollard
Himself
Eda Simac
Eda Simac
Herself
Donna Spaner
Donna Spaner
Herself
Mary Susan Spooner
Mary Susan Spooner
Donna Spaner
Mary Susan Spooner
Mary Susan Spooner
Herself
Jodi Zaltz-Dubin
Jodi Zaltz-Dubin
Herself

Tripulações

Allan King
Allan King
Director

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