Living and Dying (2007)
Release Year: 2007
Nation: United States
Alternative Title: Living & Dying, Да живееш и умреш, Vivendo e Morrendo, Countdown to Death, Vivir o morir, Zontanoi i nekroi, Konflikt interesow, Homens Danados, Жить или умереть, Ölümle dans
Director: Claudia Acklin
Writer: Jon Keeyes
Production & Genre
Producer: Producer: Ron Gell, Brandon Baker, Nesim Hason, Jon Keeyes
Executive Producer: Elif Dağdeviren, Sezin Hason
Companies: N/A
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Budget: N/A
Keywords
Keywords: riddle
Story
Claudia Acklin's complex and intelligent documentary examines the passionate life and turbulent times of Swiss television personality Andre Ratti, who caused a sensation on July 2nd 1985 with his statement to the media - "I'm 50 years old, I'm a homosexual and I've got AIDS." Raid's remarks were made to help launch the Swiss Association for Support to AIDS Sufferers and really rocked what many regard as one of the world's most blandly conservative societies. By admitting to being both homosexual and ill, Ratti was touching on two fundamental taboos sex and death. The very title to Acklin's film derives from her subject's comment "I like living, I like dying", which suggests at the very least, a contradictory character, prepared to voice more than one standard view on a given matter.
