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ADDICTED TO LIFE
Belgium, United States 2022 – Director: Pola Rapaport – Original with English subtitles (Q&A with director Pola Rapaport) – Length: 86 min.
The prospect of active euthanasia prolongs Marieke’s life. As a Belgian wheelchair athlete, she has great success and enjoys her life with independence and determination – until her body cannot take it any more. We experience her strength, humour and vulnerability until the end. A sensitive portrait and a plea for people to have the opportunity to determine the end of their lives themselves. Anna Magdalena Hofer
Biography
Pola Rapaport
A New York-based writer, director, producer and editor of many award-winning films, she is a graduate of NYU's College of Art, Film and Television, where she teaches editing. She founded her own media company in 1994.
Filmography
NADIA COMĀNECI: THE GYMNAST AND THE DICTATOR, CA 2016, 56 min.
HAIR: LET THE SUN SHINE IN, FR/US 2007, 55 min.
WRITER OF O, FR/US 2004, 80 min.
Note
This film deals with assisted suicide.
Writer: Pola Rapaport. Camera: Wolfgang Held ASC. Sound: Steven Van Roy, Gedeon Depauw. Editing: Editor: Pola Rapaport, Co-Editor: Victor Ilyukhin. Music: Naima Joris, Loup Mormont. Production: Blinding Light, Inc.. Producer: Pola Rapaport, Wolfgang Held. International Sales: Blinding Light, Inc.. Distribution: see above
