The cast of the black comedy about Dignitas, Please Kill Me.
A Belgian black comedy about assisted suicide has taken away the top
prize at the Rome Film Festival. The Hollywood Reporter predicts that
Please Kill Me will become a “cult hit” on the art house circuit.
The black and white film is obviously
inspired by Dignitas, the Swiss suicide clinic. The absurdist comedy
centres on
Dr Kruger, who runs a state-financed clinic where a number of very
strange
characters go to seek help in committing suicide. He is clearly modelled
on
Ludwig Minelli, the director of Dignitas and even proposes the same
ideals:
“one day suicide will be a human right”.
In the end, the residents of the clinic
begin fighting amongst themselves and the local village launches a
bloody
attack for reasons which never become clear. There are few survivors. As
we
said, it is a black comedy. ~ Hollywood
Reporter,
Nov 4
