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Synopsis: Ramón Sampedro is a Spanish ship mechanic and part-time poet who is left a quadriplegic after a diving accident. This film tells the true story of Sampedro's 30-year battle for the legal right to end his own life.
Genre: Drama, Romance, Short
Director(s): Mariana Chenillo
Production: Fine Line Features
 
IMDB:
7.5
Rotten Tomatoes:
84%
Year:
2004
19 min
$1,870,746
Website
1,512 Views


But Im not your son...

Of course not...

But if Im dedicating you

that poem, is for a reason, no?

But Im not your son...

I don't know what is that they teach...

...you at school. Get

out of here. Get out.

You are all so weird...

Ramon? How are you? Wait

a moment, I can't hear you...

- Tell me dear

- I'm leaving tomorrow

Yes, Rosa told me this

afternoon. I'm sure you are impatient...

A little...

Hey Ramon, Ive been...

...researching about

that thing you know...

- What? - Well that

thing... - The powder?

Yes, the powder. You have to

calculate an exact dose of 200 mg.

But it is probable that it is a

little painful... Just so you know.

Gen. I think is best if

you forget about all this.

It worries me that someday you

could be implicated in this.

In fact, that's why

Im calling, I want...

...to say good bye and

we shouldn't talk again...

Is for your security. You shouldn't

even talk to Mark about this.

- Yes, yes. I understand.

So this is farewell.

- Is better this way...

Ok, ok... Ok. Let me

tell you something...

Ramon, think it through all

the times that is necessary.

Don't feel pressured. I

mean, don't do it to set an...

...example or to not disappoint the

public, or us or the association...

No one is pushing you to

do it, do you understand me?

- Do you understand me Ramon?

- Not you too, Gen, please...

- I'm sorry Ramon

- Goodbye Gen

Have a nice journey, partner.

Good bye Manuela...

...and you Javi, please be good...

I understood what you

meant with the poem...

Come here a moment...

Give me a hug...

Do me favor. Take

care of your grandpa...

Well Ramon, here we go.

Can you close the door, kid?

Come on, close it.

What are you going to do in Boiro chief?

I'm going to the

beach. For a change of view.

A change of view? That's great...

This is the best I could find

with the money you gave me.

And I told them about

the view. Do you like it?

- Where do I sign? - What

for? - To marry you.

He fell asleep...

Of course. Since I don't move at all.

Ramon. If there's really

life after death...

I know this is going

to sound foolish, but...

- Please send me a sign?

- A sign?

Anything. I never was scared of spirits.

I will be very alert.

Waiting. Will you do it?

Of course.

But, between you and me, I think

that after we die there's nothing.

Just like before we are born. Nothing...

How can you be so sure Ramon?

No one knows that...

No Im not sure.

Is just a feeling. Is like

when my father looks at the...

...sky and says "Tomorrow is

going to rain" and it does...

Is a feeling.

But there's something you shouldn't

forget. I'm going to be in your dreams...

I'm going to come at night to

your bed and we will make love...

And in case I don't tell you

in your dreams I tell you now

Thanks Rosa, from the

bottom of my heart. Thanks...

Judges, political and

religious authorities.

What does dignity mean to you?

Whatever the answer

of your conscience know

...that for me, this is not a worthy life.

I would have liked to

at least die with dignity...

Today, tired of the

institutional laziness, I see...

...myself forced to do it

in hiding, like a criminal...

You should know that the

processes conducting to my death...

...has been carefully

divided in small actions...

...that do not constitute

a crime by themselves...

...and have been executed

by several friendly hands...

...if even then, the state

insists in punishing my helpers...

I would suggest that

you cut their hands...

...because that is all

that they contributed...

The head, I mean the

conscience was provided by me...

As you can see, to my side

I have a glass of water...

...that contains a dose

of potassium cyanide...

when I drink it I will cease to exist...

...relinquishing my most

precious property. My body...

I believe that living is a right not

an obligation, as has been in my case...

...forced to accept this sad situation...

...during 28 years, 4 months and some days...

After all this time I

make a balance of the road...

...traveled and I can't

account for the happiness...

Only the time that passed against

my will, during most of my life...

will be my ally from now on...

Only time and the evolution

of consciences will...

...decide one day if my request

was reasonable or not.

Well...

It's hot...

And Mark, is he coming?

He is with our son on

the beach. He loves the sea...

They can't be

thinking about getting in...

No! It's too cold...

- How are you?

- Fine...

- Is she going to understand me?

- Yes...

I mean, does she still

follow conversations and such...

Yes, yes. Sometimes is

a little difficult, but...

Well... I'll go

see her, see you later...

See you later...

Hello Julia...

Hello. How are you?

- Fine, and you?

- Well... Here...

You have a very nice

house. Very beautiful...

Well, you know that Ramon

left me many letters.

I think that he had fun

leaving writings around after he died...

The thing is that the other day...

I found this letter for you.

Ramon who?

Ramon Sampedro... Your friend...

I introduced you two. Do you remember?

You?

Yes...

It's very nice in here.

Out to sea, Out to sea...

And in the weightlessness of the bottom...

where dreams come true...

...two wills come together

to make a wish come true...

Your look and my look...

...like an echo repeating, without words...

Deeper, Deeper...

...beyond everything through

the blood and the bones...

But I always wake up...

...and I always wish Id be dead...

...to stay with my mouth...

...entangled in your hair...

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Mariana Chenillo

Mariana Chenillo is a Mexican film director and screenwriter, known for Nora's Will, Paradise and Revolución. more…

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