Dying at Grace

Sep 8, 2003

2h 28m

★ 7.6

Overview

This film is about the experience of dying. Five terminal patients in a Palliative Care Unit share the last days of their lives and deaths with a film crew.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Allan King Associates

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Cast

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Phyllis Bobbitt

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Joyce Bone

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Norman Collins

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Lloyd Greenway

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Colette Hegarty

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Gordon Henwood

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Sue Kaul

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Arthur Morris

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Marion Morris

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Carmela Nardone

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Rick Pollard

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Eda Simac

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