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Binding: DVD
EAN: 0841170499245
Feature: THIS DVD WILL NOT WORK ON STANDARD US DVD PLAYER
Format: PAL
Label: Lauren Films
Manufacturer: Lauren Films
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Lauren Films
Region Code: 2.0
Running Time: 89 minutes
Sales Rank: 174179
Studio: Lauren Films
Features:- THIS DVD WILL NOT WORK ON STANDARD US DVD PLAYER
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Spain released, PAL/Region 2 DVD:it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada: LANGUAGES: Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ),English ( Subtitles ),French ( Subtitles ),Spanish ( Subtitles ),WIDESCREEN (2.35:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Biographies, Filmographies, Interactive Menu, Making Of, Scene Access, Trailer(s),SYNOPSIS: Noted Spanish director Ventura Pons closes his 'minimalist trilogy' with this morbid meditation on the frailty of life, told in seven vignettes depicting the final moments of seven very different people. A filmmaker (Lluis Homar) overcomes his writer's block just as he has a heart attack, a junkie (Marc Martinez) is confronted by his concerned sister (Anna Azcona) and later overdoses, a young girl (Carlota Bantula) chokes to death on a chicken bone in front of her horrified mother, a hospital patient (Mingo Rafols) can't reach the panic button during a fatal coughing fit, a youth on a motorbike is knocked over by a pair of cops, and finally, a deeply religious middle-aged businessman (Francesc Orella) is executed by a hitman. This film was screened at the 2000 Berlin Film Festival.
SCREENED/AWARDED AT: Berlin International Film Festival, Butaca Awards, Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain,
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - Destiny
"To Die (Or Not)"
Destiny
Amos Lassen
It's always interesting to think about if things had been different and destiny could be altered and this is the theme and idea of Ventura Pons's "To Die (Or Not)". Made up of eight vignettes, each about seven minutes long, the film deals with people dying from different causes--an overdose, choking, etc and each of these is followed by a 30 minute "what if" things had been different. It just seems, however, that the deaths ... Read More
Rating: - Good movie, good messege!
Worth watching. I loved the transition from the first to the second half of the film. Good acting.
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