Dr Kruger is a medical pioneer who seeks to break the taboo surrounding
suicide. His government funded clinic exists to ensure that
suicide is no longer a tragedy but a medically assisted way out for
those whose lives have become unbearable. By studying his
suicidal patients, Kruger hopes to understand the self-destructive
impulse so that he can develop a medical treatment that will overcome
it. The one thing he has not allowed for in his prescribed
perfect suicide is that no one controls the impulse to die except death
itself...
In the 1910s, French cinema led the way with a new industry which actively encouraged innovation. From the serials of Louis Feuillade to the first auteur pieces of Abel Gance, this decade is rich in cinematic marvels.
Since the 1920s, Hollywood has dominated the film industry, but that doesn't mean American cinema is all bad - America has produced so many great films that you could never watch them all in one lifetime.
A wave of fresh talent in the late 1950s, early 1960s brought about a dramatic renaissance in French cinema, placing the auteur at the core of France's 7th art.
It was American film noir and pulp fiction that kick-started the craze for thrillers in 1950s France and made it one of the most popular and enduring genres.