Greek-French director Costa-Gavras's latest film is set in a hospital's palliative care unit. And while death is ever present, Le Dernier Souffle ("The Last Breath") is above all an ode to life – and to the medical professionals who stay alongside their patients until the very end.
The idea for the film came from a book of the same name cowritten by doctor Claude Grange and philosopher Régis Debray, who sought to bring the issue of end of life care into the public dialogue.
