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"I, the undersigned, Miche..."
"I, the undersigned..."
- "Micheline..." - Yes.
"I hereby inform you..."
You're having difficulty reading it. I'll read it to you aloud.
Then we'll talk about it and
you'll tell me whether it still corresponds to your wishes.
"I, the undersigned, Micheline, domiciled in Paudex,
hereby request EXIT ADMD's assistance
in putting an end to my life.
I have been a member of your association since 4 October 2004.
I declare myself to be fully lucid and determined in my request.
The disease I'm suffering from is incurable.
My psychic and physical suffering is unbearable.
The quality of my life has become unacceptable to me.
I've reached this decision after careful consideration and
I declare that the people present during my act of self deliverance
are in no way implicated in my choice of this act."
- You're asking us to help you die? - Yes.
You are really aware that we are talking about the end of your life.
That it's an act of your own doing, from which there'll be no return.
I know that.
I really and truly believe that it's in her best interest.
After all we've been through these last five months...
She doesn't want to go to a nursing home.
There are health care institutions where you wouldn't be alone.
You'd be surrounded by pleasant people...
- A possibility! - There are only old people.
I'm too young to go to one of those homes.
You could also argue that you're too young to die.
No, that's different.
- How is it different? - It simply is.
She can't bear being on her own here all the time.
She says: "What kind of life is this? I go to the cafe, come back,
just to be on my own all day?"
That's no life.
All I want is to die.
Your attending physician said he'd be here when you leave.
Your friend Magali will also be present.
Would you like to have anyone else present at that particular moment?
Huguette doesn't want to come.
She'll be here on Friday evening.
- That'll be enough for her. - So you can say farewell.
Is there anybody else you'd like to say goodbye to?
- How have you organised it? - We'll be at my place. My mom too.
She's a member of your association. There'll be my husband.
We'll treat it like Christmas and New Year.
We'll play cards. She likes that a lot. We'll do all we can.
- This journey doesn't worry you? - No.
Is there anything you're hoping for "beyond"?
I'll meet my parents again.
Yes, it is said that one meets one's beloved again.
- I promised that I'd help you. - Thank you.
Does the date you've set correspond to your wishes?
Yes, the 22nd.
22 is a good number.
She loved gambling at the casino. Maybe she often used the number.
- Was 22 your lucky number? - No, not really.
- Well, it's a number. - Yes, and it'll be mine.
- This is EXIT returning your call.
- You'd like to talk to us?
I've been suffering from severe depression for six years.
In the morning I find life particularly difficult.
So I was thinking... I can't talk about it on the phone.
I have to be very specific immediately.
- We cannot get involved.
If the purpose of your call is to find out whether...
- No, we can't.
We don't get involved in cases where there's only a depression...
- No, we can't.
- This is EXIT calling.
- You've asked me to call you.
I've wanted to become a member of your association for a while.
But I've kept putting it off. I'm not ill, as far as I know.
But paragliding is a hobby of mine.
Some people die of it every year. Others suffer lifelong disability.
Tetraplegia is a very likely result.
- Right.
Is there a document one can fill in to say that in case of an accident,
one doesn't want to be maintained alive at any cost...?
- What do you suffer from?
- And you'd say...
I'm sorry to have to tell you that due to high demand we have to...
You didn't become a member in time. We take a person's suffering
into account, but there are limits. We haven't got enough escorts.
We wouldn't be able to intervene next week or even the week after.
You must give us a bit more time.
- I'm sorry, I didn't understand.
You're too sensitive. But are you ill?
- I see.
So you'd like to join our association
to avoid an end which could be difficult.
I'd like everything to be alright. I don't want to kill myself really.
I'd like to experience a normal death,
but my condition is so difficult that at times I'd like...
- Everything to be clear.
They're threatening to put me in a specialised care centre or...
I've got palliative care coming to me...
So how does this work?
An escort comes for a first interview.
And often a second one. Then you decide on a date, a day, an hour.
Then the same person comes to your home with the lethal substance.
The escort stays with you until you... leave.
- I'm giving you the information.
It's good to ask these questions.
I like planning ahead. It's so difficult on one's own.
- You used to be a nurse?
- I can imagine.
I should have more courage, but it's difficult.
- Yes, it is.
- Hello, Pierrette. - Hi, Marianne!
- How nice to see you! - Nice to see you too!
I'm out of breath because I climbed two flights of stairs.
- Keeps you fit! - You're looking very smart!
Thank you. Please come in!
- And how is our dear Bernard? - Hi, Marianne!
And how is little doggie?
- The dog first. - Yes, of course!
- Hi, Bernard, how are you? - So so... Could be better.
Could be better?
- What about the morphine then? - Stop it. It's alright.
Does it help at all?
Saturday night I thought I had to go to hospital.
I was locked into a position. I couldn't get out of it.
I cried for help because Pierrette was in bed and I was here.
She passed out here because she had got up too fast.
- If you'd been here... - When was it?
- Saturday. - I was at home.
Saturday night at 1 a.m. It was unbearable.
- You can always call me. - In the middle of the night...
It's happened before. I go back to sleep very easily.
I suffer from insomnia.
I don't mind at all.
It would have been good to talk to you, to have an understanding ear.
I've accompanied some people in Valais. Few swallowed the potion,
because they received good palliative care.
Like one lady, who was well looked after. She had chosen the day.
Her daughter rang to say she was in a coma, so I went to see her.
- I came to see you too. - Yes, you did.
I said she didn't need to return to an aware state to drink the potion.
If she was able to do so.
She died 15 minutes after I'd left.
Without taking the potion?
- Yes, she was in a coma. - I see.
Her family was with her. I'd seen her once before.
- Did you have it with you? - Of course.
Why didn't you leave it here?
Because then you wouldn't be here to tell us about it.
I would have waited for her to come.
You'd want me to visit you.
Even if I was in a very bad state, I would never do it
without my daughters, you and my wife present.
And we'll have dinner beforehand. That's as clear as day.
Even if I have to eat lying down!
Not necessarily a "party", but...
At least with a good bottle of wine...
With my children, my wife and you here.
That's very important. It'll be the last time I get sloshed.
There is no inconvenience in drinking, is there?
- There's no problem? - None.
- Even a few glasses? - On the contrary.
Since it's a barbiturate. You shouldn't eat too much, though...
I'll watch you eat and I'll drink.
Are you getting ready for it?
It may sound terrible, but if he says "tomorrow", it'll be tomorrow.
Yes, I'm ready, whether it is now or in ten years' time.
But he mustn't ever suffer again like he did last Saturday,
standing at the end of the bed, saying: "I can't stand it anymore."
- We've discussed it together. - You've accepted it.
Despite all our years together, his life doesn't belong to me.
- I'm his wife. - His pain.
It's his pain, it's him having to bear it.
Despite everything I can do, I cannot take that burden off him.
- The greatest gesture of love. - Absolutely.
I'm not at all saying that it's going to be easy.
I know I can rely on my daughters and on you.
I know that Bernard would like us to be around him,
not with a hanky, but rather with a glass in our hands,
telling him that it's his wish
and that where he'll be going, there is no pain anymore.
- Did he suffer? - No, but he was very weak.
He suffered from a psychological point of view. He was frustrated
at not being able to walk anymore...
He couldn't wash anymore. He really was very weak.
Incidentally, it only took half an hour. It was almost instantaneous.
- He went to sleep peacefully. - A dignified death, how wonderful.
- Hello, Sir, thank you. - You have your member's card, ok.
- Hello, you may go in. - Somebody's coming with me.
You're not a member? Would you please leave your address with us?
Ladies and gentlemen!
I welcome you to the annual general meeting of EXIT ADMD,
of the French-speaking part of Switzerland.
The first item on the agenda:
your approval of the last minutes.
If you approve, please raise your hand now.
- Raise your hand, Louise. - Thank you.
The new self deliverance guide has been put at your disposal,
thanks to the work of Vice President Denervaux
and Dr. Strasser. Thank you very much.
My particular thanks
go to our small group of escorts,
who achieved a great deal this year.
Difficult work, but so vital for our association.
In all openness
our escorts helped 35 members to have recourse to self deliverance.
On behalf of you all, I express my heartfelt thanks to them.
I'm pleased to announce that Mrs Denise Voser, who is present,
has completed her training as a voluntary escort.
She now works on her own, and I congratulate her with all my heart.
The number of requests for self deliverance increases steadily.
To ensure high-quality escorting, much time has to be devoted to it.
We may soon have to deal with excess demand
and a lack of escorts.
An 85-year-old single member of EXIT states
that he does not want to spend the rest of his days in a nursing home.
Can he count on EXIT'S help to receive the adequate potion?
He would not need EXIT's presence, only the drug.
My answer: If this patient suffers from a disease
and shows the criteria we have defined, i.e.:
acting with proper judgment, repeatedly presenting his request,
and suffering from an incurable disease entailing a lot of pain.
If this is the case, then we'll be able to help him.
But this means that we're at his side and take the drug with us.
We're responsible for it. We won't send it to anyone by post.
The person could take it or give it to someone else.
It's a poison that can kill.
It's like a weapon somehow.
Wanting to die kills us!
With your permission, let's deal with the last question:
Is it true that EXIT requests a certain percentage
of someone's inheritance if it assists him in his suicide?
If it were the case, I don't think we would have needed to vote
on an increase of membership fees today!
Otherwise I wouldn't have intervened.
I had four requests within the last month. They were all very urgent.
But they're all reassured now because they know EXIT exists.
They know I could pass by. But it's not necessary
because they don't want to die at all.
Either we provide psychosocial attendance, which is not our role,
or we evaluate people's ability to judge to see what state they're in
and then we act.
- Gently, calmly, kindly... - Sometimes we have to act fast.
- We mustn't fail them. - No, we mustn't!
I had a case in December. Somebody else signed the death certificate.
Multiple sclerosis. He was losing his physical powers very quickly.
He was almost unable to speak
three weeks after the diagnosis.
I'm from Geneva, where things are dealt with fast. You call the cops
and tell them to come without siren or revolving light.
When they come and see that there is no blood anywhere,
they call the criminal investigation department.
An inspector passes by, who then calls a forensic scientist.
It's rather funny because the forensic scientist is Ethiopian.
He doesn't know Geneva well. So we wait...
When he comes, he tears up the certificate I have
and issues one himself. After that, it's the undertakers. That's it.
It's become very easy.
- But most importantly: no pain. - Right.
People's faces are relaxed. They're calm.
Sometimes the family doesn't want to be present.
They say: "No, we're leaving you to it. Just tell us when it's over."
Other people want to be present.
If you can get him to think of his death as something...
Entirely natural? I don't need to, he already thinks so.
If that's the case, then things can be handled gently.
He spent last weekend at home. He left on Monday.
Waiting for the taxi driver, he said to me:
"You know, it would be better if I died, for your sake and for mine.
Why didn't they let me die? I'm 79. The money would have been useful
for younger people, not for me."
The nursing home's very expensive. CHF 1,400 a day.
The insurance pays, but it comes down to the same thing.
I think so too, but...
We'll come to accept it. He's incredibly lucid and also...
...extremely practical. He's always been that way.
He's a non-believer. It's not a question of faith at all.
- A good thing! - Maybe. A matter of opinion.
The minute he was a member of EXIT, he almost started to blossom.
Quite natural.
He said to himself: "Now I'm my own boss. I can do what I want."
I'll go now. I'm glad to have met you. It helps me.
We will meet again. Whenever you want.
Goodbye and my best wishes to you. Bravo for all you've done.
I don't know whether I've been particularly courageous...
One always thinks one isn't equal to the task, but one is.
It was particularly necessary afterwards, the last 4 or 5 months.
- I think so too. - We were an unmarried couple.
- We were together for 26 years. - It's the same.
So we weren't casual lovers...
Let's say that from a human point of view we simply have to do it.
But still one feels guilty. One's never perfect enough to say:
"It's not my fault."
There are things one could've done better.
- Goodbye! Thank you. - Goodbye. See you soon.
Hello, Denise. This is Serge calling.
I hope you're fine.
I'm not doing too well. I haven't been able to sleep for three days.
I feel more and more pain all over. I can't stand it anymore...
I'm looking forward to seeing you so that we can talk about it.
Hugs and kisses, Denise, and see you soon.
I want to go about things gently and serenely.
Not the way I accompanied dying people for 15 years.
They were in a coma. I'd hold them and suddenly they'd stiffen.
I don't want to die that way.
I've been suffering terribly for a year, so I'm thinking of doing it.
But I'm restraining myself...
I'm not doing it for her sake, in fact.
You've been wanting to end it all for a long time now.
It's not a question of wanting to, but of having to.
The quality of my life has become unbearable.
I'd like to ask you a question, but you don't have to answer it.
How do you feel about your son's wish... no, it's not a wish...
It's a need. I think that's the way he sees it.
He feels the need to put an end to it.
The body and the spirit can bear it for a while.
But then comes a time when it's no longer possible. There's a wall.
He is very worried about you.
We've talked about it a great deal. A great help for the days to come.
- I'm no longer worried. - Exactly. Nor am I.
Because the day he's no longer here, for me he'll still be here.
- She'd make the same choice as I. - That's right.
One mustn't leave people in a state which they can't handle anymore.
I can see that it's a self deliverance for you.
Suicide is something that's much harder.
Recently my pharmacist told me that I could simply do it at home.
Because of all the drugs I have here, for example morphine.
I know how to set it all up. But no...
You're here. Why should I hide?
What kind of image would I leave behind if I did that?
On the contrary, it is my wish that it should take place openly,
very freely and with everybody's agreement. Somebody's death
is always a great shock. All the more so if it's a suicide.
Terrible. Imagine my mom, who comes to see me every day...
She comes in because she has the key and finds me dead...
It would be inhuman. For me it is unthinkable.
- This is EXIT calling you back.
- Yes?
Last summer, I attempted...
I lost my grip and flipped my lid, as you say.
What did you do?
I wasn't quite with it.
- You didn't attempt suicide?
- Yes?
But that's not really the problem.
For us it is. If someone attempts suicide,
we can neither intervene nor help you
in case you suffer from a psychological illness.
I don't believe it!
Our regulations are very strict. Unfortunately...
Even if I've been an EXIT member for years?
I've become a member because I suffer from multiple sclerosis.
Oh, I see. May I ask you what stage you're at?
Since 96. I'm slowly getting weaker.
What frame of mind are you in? Are you determined one day to...?
- To end your life?
I don't want to become a vegetable like I've seen at the hospital.
I'll send you a sample declaration to be copied.
You send it back and I'll submit it to the doctor. I'll call you back.
- Is that okay by you?
- You too, thank you. Bye.
- What am I supposed to do? - Try to write an "F", like here.
Cross your F. Great!
"...and being..."
- Is it okay like this? - Yes.
That's it.
Great.
Do you remember when we met 2 years ago, we talked about this letter?
- You didn't manage to hold a pen. - No, I can't remember.
When we met again at the end of last year, you told me
that you wanted to write this declaration of self deliverance.
For when the moment would come... You told me you were in remission.
But you seem much better than 2 years ago.
Don't go by appearances!
My body looks like the body of a person of my age: 45 years.
But I feel like an old woman.
Because of your reduced mobility?
Absolutely. I depend on each and every person.
Every nursing assistant or other hospital assistant...
What would you suggest is the best for me?
I'm asking you because...
I've chosen to be a member of EXIT...
What is the best solution for me?
I think I can see a patch of bluesky, but it's in my imagination.
It was an elderly lady who suffered a great deal.
She suffered so much, all she wanted was to leave.
What impressed me most was the way she left: as if going on a trip.
She had her entire flat cleaned by the cleaning lady.
- Where's the path? - Around here somewhere.
She had the fridge emptied and the TV unplugged when I arrived.
- Did she live on her own? - Yes. Everything had to be tidy.
She even postponed the day of her self deliverance because
she wanted the shutters repaired. Everything had to be perfect.
As if she was going on a long trip.
She held onto my hand.
She drank the potion and went to sleep.
She was gone barely 10 minutes later.
Her friend looked at me. She had the same impression.
We both felt her leave. I asked myself...
No, I don't anymore. I really believe I am...
The soul, the spirit or whatever you'd call it, leaves the body.
People swallowing the lethal potion know what they're doing and why.
It leads to death. So there's no reason to remain in their body.
Somebody who's dying for days, with a person holding his hand,
often dies when the escort goes to have a coffee or to the toilet...
Because finally, the connection is broken.
The love between the two prevents the person from dying.
I have observed that when you tell people "it's whenever you want",
they become calm and collected and they can resolve certain things.
They can consider the idea of their death.
More than half of the people die a "natural" death,
I mean without drinking a lethal potion, because they are at peace.
It's not dying most of them want, but a release from pain.
When I was little, my father took me to visit dying people.
We said: "So and so is ill, they're going to die soon."
People knew they were going to die.
They said: "I feel spent and tired, I'm leaving."
The new thing now: people discover they're mortal when they're ill.
I myself was really scared of death still quite recently.
But I worked on myself and I've changed.
I dreaded my death. But now I know that when you die,
only the body dies. You lose your body.
The spirit is still alive. It's eternally alive.
As far as assisting in self deliverance is concerned,
there are only very few people able to do it.
We can do it because we've solved our problem with death.
- Obviously! - That's of paramount importance.
- It has to be said. - Of course.
Otherwise you couldn't be peaceful next to a dying person,
because it would confront you with your own death.
We've tried everything to remove her pain.
You mean Juliette?
No, I'm talking about the person I visited last week.
Her husband is very understanding. That's what impresses me:
The love between people. People who accept, through love,
to see their mother or their wife die.
It affects me the same way. The day she decides to leave, I'll be sad.
- Really? - I mustn't become attached.
- Hello, this is EXIT calling.
I've received your touching card this morning.
So I prefer calling you back, rather than sending our brochure.
This is the third time I'm having cancer.
I'm seriously confronted with death.
So I don't want to go through some atrocious and unnecessary agony.
I understand.
If at all possible... not right now, but just in case...
...I've discussed it with my husband and my children...
I would like to get assistance for my suicide.
- I understand.
I'm happy that you've contacted me so quickly.
I'll fill in the papers as soon as I get them and I'll ask my family
to pay the membership fee. What a relief!
My very best wishes accompany you. Maybe everything will work out.
- So you may not need us.
But I've suffered so much that...
...it's very reassuring for me.
Fortunately we live in Switzerland.
Surrounding countries do not have article 115 in their legislation,
which is why it is totally lawful here.
- I'll put it in the post tonight.
- Have a nice day.
"LA SUISSE ET LA BONNE MORT"
What we've heard here is, generally speaking, rather theoretical.
We're the only association in the world
that takes care of its members itself.
None of the delegates here provide direct assistance.
As far as our association is concerned, it's exceptional
to be able to take care of our members the way we do.
In fact, our escorts have a privileged situation.
Good evening, Mrs Marianne Tendon.
How are you? Listen, I'm rehearsing my tasks for tomorrow
with scholarly zeal.
So I'll have breakfast around 7 in the morning
and then I'll refrain from eating
until it's time for my suppository at 14.30.
We'll be expecting you after that.
Thank you very much and see you tomorrow, manana, domani.
Evening, Marianne. I'd have a lot to talk to you about.
So would you please call me back?
Thank you. Bye.
Sorry to disturb you. This is Marcel.
I think we can decide on a date now.
I've had enough. Marianne, I'm counting on you.
I need you. Thank you.
Dear friends!
I wish to thank you all for attending our escorts' meeting.
Welcome to you all!
We're having a problem: there are unfortunately more requests
for assisted suicide than we can handle.
And we've already dealt with 45 requests this year, which is huge.
I'd like to bring 5 files to your attention.
There is one here in Geneva.
A very difficult case.
I know we're all very busy already.
I myself am accompanying 2 people. It's more than I can cope with.
Who among the Geneva team can contact him?
I have another file here, which is less urgent.
Who can contact this patient who's been a member since 1996?
I could try.
The file is complete. Thank you very much.
Here we have someone born in 1932 from the Valais.
Jacqueline?
If the patient is able to swallow the drug... My biggest problem.
According to the information I have...
- He can. - Good.
I have a little trick with people who cannot hold a glass anymore:
You have to buy straws of a reasonably large diameter.
Then you cut them so that it's easier for the patient.
Then you stick them in each glass, one with the drug,
one with peach or apricot juice or whisky, or whatever they want...
I've told you this story before.
I was with a lady who had multiple sclerosis and who was moving about.
It was very hard.
So a straw came in useful because I couldn't have held the glass.
Incidentally, I don't think it was up to me to hold the glass.
With a straw,
a person can suck the liquid up, if they can still breathe.
There is a time to act and a time when it's too late.
Before the date, it's too early. After the date, it's too late,
even if people leave written documents behind.
There's another file here. A patient
with pulmonary cancer at an advanced metastatic stage.
Jürg, could you consider it?
I know you're overloaded already, assisting someone on Saturday,
plus other jobs on behalf of the Swiss German branch of EXIT...
It's starting to be too much. I need a bit of distance...
- Marianne, could you? - I'm not taking on any new cases.
I have four self deliverances before the end of the year.
One was to be tomorrow.
The lady rang to ask me
if everything was set. I told her I was very tired...
Could we postpone it to next Tuesday? She accepted.
But she herself kept putting it off.
For once it was me postponing it.
- So I can't, for many reasons... - I understand.
I'll keep this file then. If someone with a critical condition
wants to become a member at the last possible moment,
we must tell him that we need to be given a certain deadline.
It's like a fire emergency. If your house is on fire,
it's too late to insure your house.
Since you're looking for escorts...
You're not using me because I say I want two escorts present. Right?
How about writing up a reference document or something like that,
giving us clear guidelines for what to do? Otherwise I'm at a loss.
Finding myself left to my own devices with a drug...
not knowing whether I've mixed it well, whether I need warm water,
whether it's ready for use in a bottle, etc.
I'm too unsure of myself. So where could I find guidance?
- As your potential new escort? - Maybe Denise can help.
Yes, because I'm quite new to it too.
My only reference was Marianne.
She was extremely patient when she introduced me to this task.
One day she said: "You have to start doing it now."
I asked her to accompany me the first time,
because it worried me to have to prepare the drug, etc.
So she came with me, but she didn't do anything. She just watched.
I was reassured because I knew she would tell me if I made a mistake.
- It's a matter of life or death. - How true.
Once you've done it on your own, you trust yourself more.
It scares you less because you know more what you're doing.
But what's worrying me right now is the following:
I have a singular case. A couple of elderly people.
They're about 82 years old. They seem to have had a harmonious life.
Now they want to die together.
The man is seriously ill, but his wife wants to die with him.
But she is in good health.
So I am...
I'm in a dilemma...
There are situations where there are only question marks.
I have no solution.
In some situations we can withdraw on tiptoe...
But now she knows them both and feels connected to them.
We mustn't give in to emotional blackmail.
It isn't emotional blackmail. She's asking herself
what the best solution would be.
My answer: You have the right to say no.
There are also books on suicide suggesting many easy solutions.
I think they are people who are not entirely resolved.
They want someone to come and help them.
Why do they want to do it as a couple?
Why do they want a third person interfering in their couple?
They can swallow the drug simultaneously.
They'd go to sleep within 30 seconds of each other.
She wouldn't be alone for long.
I believe they're entitled to this departure together because
they've spent a lifetime together and done many things together.
I think this forms part of our philosophical mandate...
I'm going to be pragmatic.
I know the opinions of every single one of you here.
Given our current situation, i.e. the few escorts we are,
helping couples is currently not conceivable.
Because we simply haven't got the means.
We have to rest between two missions, recharge our batteries.
This is not something you can do as regularly as clockwork.
It's an exceptional act every single time.
I'm exhausted after every assisted suicide.
This is why, when you asked me how I was, I said "worse and worse".
Because I know that you are all at the very limit of your ability
to do this voluntary work. I think
I'll call it "vocation" from now on.
- Hello, Jocelyne. - Hello.
- How are you? - Alright, thanks.
- Have you been able to sleep? - Yes.
And what do we do now?
It's your legs first, isn't it?
Do you remember...?
We started writing this letter in April last year.
- Do you want to continue it? - Please, Marianne.
I'm meticulous. You'll have to finish that "R" there.
- I'm tough, aren't I? - And how!
- I was a teacher for 38 years. - I know.
I'm retired now, but I've retained all the negative aspects.
- And now the second "S". - Right.
Try to write a beautiful final "S".
That's it! Finished and stop.
- Finished, "full stop". - Right.
Congratulations. It's taken us quite a while, hasn't it?
What an effort!
It says "Having suffered for over 19 years..." Since the letter
was started last year, we won't rewrite it and put "20 years".
"...from multiple sclerosis and being a member of EXIT,
I request self deliverance
on the day and the moment of my choice."
Plus your signature.
- Good! - Yes!
So, you'll have...
...chestnut vermicelli with some whipped cream.
Shall I feed you or do you want to hold the spoon yourself?
- I'd rather you fed me. - Alright.
I'll accept, just this once.
Hold your nose.
And now blow your nose. Perfect.
- Hello, Doctor. - Hello, Magali.
I'd rather not say "good morning".
- Yes. - Because it isn't a good morning.
May I give you this? Thank you.
Tell me, how are you feeling today?
I'm thirsty.
- You're still determined? - Yes.
The week you've just spent with your friend, having fun...
- It wasn't a good week. - Wasn't it?
I didn't feel well.
- Has it reinforced your decision? - Yes.
I'm going to give you these two pills.
They'll help you absorb the potion I'll be giving you afterwards.
Do you know that you're approaching your death today?
- Aren't you worried? - No.
- You're calm despite the ordeal? - Yes.
Did you think about it this week or did you try to forget about it?
I didn't think about it.
I called a couple of friends...
But I didn't tell them what I was going to do.
- But you enjoyed talking to them? - Yes.
Did you nevertheless play cards with Magali and her family?
Not much.
She always wins.
You've given Magali all your instructions?
You've sorted everything out with her?
So she knows where your papers are
and what you've decided. She knows everything.
- Once your mind is made up... - I'm a Leo.
It's hard to make you change your mind.
It's all clear in your mind? There's nothing I can do anymore?
To make you change your mind today?
In a few moments, if you're still resolved to carry it through,
when you're going to sleep, and you'll go to sleep gently,
think of a happy memory, maybe one connected to your parents...
since you held them so dear...
Think of a happy memory with them.
When you're starting to be overcome by sleep,
immerse yourself in that happy memory.
You'll go to sleep very gently.
There'll be no pain.
The drink will have an orange flavour.
It may taste slightly bitter.
You'll have to drink it to the last drop.
If, whilst you're drinking, you have the slightest doubt or fear,
stop drinking.
If you drink the whole cup...
I won't be able to help you anymore.
I won't be able to hold you back.
Think about it once more now.
Think about the consequences if you have this drink.
I am resolved.
But for something as exceptional as this,
it's worth taking another few moments to think about it.
A few more minutes... Then I'll give you the potion.
- Magic potion. - Magic.
I've heard it tastes like whisky...
Slightly different.
I'll help you sit up.
I'll give you the drink. But think about it one last time.
Once you've drunk the potion, I won't be able to do anything.
You'll be embarking on the great journey.
- Your mind is made up? - Yes.
- You're resolved to continue? - Yes.
In that case, I'll help you sit up.
If you're resolved, drink this potion to the last drop.
- Have a good journey, Micheline. - Thank you.
- Farewell, Micheline. - Farewell.
May the light guide you.
May it lead you towards peace.
Tell me when you start feeling tired. I'll help you lie down.
I'd like to lie down.
- Are you feeling dizzy? - Yes.
She's gone.
This is Dr. Sobel calling.
I'm calling you to announce an assisted suicide
according to the protocol of EXIT.
I'll give you the address of the deceased.
Please send two plain-clothes inspectors to draw up their report.