The End Of The Road

10 10
2015
40min

Spanish

English

Country: Peru

Original Title: El fin de la vida

From children to the elderly, the terminally ill to the mentally unstable, this gripping documentary gathers voices rarely heard in the debate over life’s final chapter.

Spanish
English
Country: Peru
Original Title: El fin de la vida

AWARDS: Special Mention. Smita Patil Documentary and Short Film Festival / 2nd Prize. 12 Months Film Festival / Best Medium-Length Documentary. Five Continents Film Festival /
Silver Documentary Award. Spotlight Documentary Awards

OFFICIAL SELECTION: International Hall of Light / DOCFEED / Against the Silence All Voices / Aegean Docs / University of Lima Film Week Festival / Nile’s Diaspora Film Festival / Smita Patil Documentary and Short Film Festival / Hecho en el Perú / Marcellino De Baggis International Documentary Film Festival / In Corto Film Festival / AM Egypt Film Festival / Grand Off World Independent Short Film Awards / Guerrilla International Independent Documentary Film Festival DOC-KET / Bannaba Fest / Human Rights Cinema CINEOTRO / Huánuco National Film Festival / Quebec Ethnographic Documentary Festival / 12 Months Film Festival / Five Continents Film Festival / Hollywood International Independent Documentary Awards / Festival Toma / Ecuador Ethnographic Film Festival / Lift-Off Film Festival Global Network Documentary Filmmaker Showcase Online

The End Of The Road - Facing death through the eyes of the living

What happens when life ends? While science still doesn’t have a definitive answer, this documentary doesn’t look to metaphysics—it listens instead. Through a deeply human lens, we hear from terminally ill patients, children, the elderly, the mentally ill, and those who confront death daily in their work.

Their testimonies reveal how experience, age, and emotional distance shape our thoughts on dying. In a world racing to avoid pain, this documentary slows down, lingers, and dares to ask: how close do you need to be to death to really understand it?