When her elderly father has a stroke, Emmanuelle rushes to his bedside. Sick and half-paralysed in his hospital bed, he asks Emmanuelle to help him end his life.
El tema de la muerte como praxis de dignidad es una constante en trabajos como Mar Adentro (Alejando Amenábar, 2005), Million Dollar Baby (Clint Eastwood, 2005) o The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (John Ford, 1962).