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Whose Life Is It Anyway?

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1981 · 119 min Drama
7.0 / 10 · TMDB

Ken Harrison is an artist that lives to make sculptures. One day he is involved in a car accident, and is paralyzed from his neck down. All he can do is talk and move his head, and he wants to die. Whilst he is in hospital he makes friends with some of the staff, and they support him when he goes to trial to be allowed to die.

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Year 1981
Country United States of America
Genre Drama
Director John Badham
Runtime 119 min.
Rating TMDB: 7.0/10 (50 votes)

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The film constructs its power not through medical spectacle, but by relentlessly exploring the interior prison of its protagonist. It relies on the raw conflict between the will to live and the right to die, framing a legal battle as the ultimate personal stand.

What lingers after the final frame is the unsettling weight of the question posed by the title. The performance becomes a profound meditation on autonomy and the definition of a life worth living. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: John Badham

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