DEATH OF DEATH
COMING SOON
2020
Documentary
58'
Synopsis
The COVID-19 pandemic, gradual alienation from other people, and a growing fear of death led the author to embark on a research journey to discover whether there is a way to extend life through science. This is the starting point for an existential and at the same time hysterical quest to uncover the business of eternal life in today’s world. The author, desperately clinging to life, reaches out along the way to various people who promise escape from death and the possibility of living endlessly, or at least much longer than nature intended.
„Immortality, anti-aging, fear of death. When I started the film, I just thought I’d learn how to live a little bit longer. But then things got weird. Scientists reviving pigs at Yale. People sticking neurochips in their heads. Bio-hackers giving out life-extending tips. The whole civilization is living in the age of transhumanism. And I am the only one who is left behind.“ — Dāvis Sīmanis, director


