When a terminally ill patient decides to give up his affections, his memories, his friendships, his life and asks to put an end to his cruelly "biological" survival, his will must be respected and embraced with the pietas that constitute the strength and coherence of secular thought. Based on the book Ocean Terminal by Piergiorgio Welby.
Sergio Anrò
Bruno Petrosino
Gianni Dettori
When a terminally ill patient decides to give up his affections, his memories, his friendships, his life and asks to put an end to his cruelly "biological" survival, his will must be respected and embraced with the pietas that constitute the strength and coherence of secular thought. Based on the book Ocean Terminal by Piergiorgio Welby.
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