Why do we demystify death? Does crying have an influence on the deceased? Is death the wages of sin? Do you have to be initiated to practice a mortuary profession? Film Director Madeleine Autet takes you to the heart of the rituals and professions of death.

A film by Madeleine AUTET

Cameroon / France, 2020, documentary, 1h20

Original Title (French): "La mort, ce cadeau de vie"Duration: 80 minutes
Type: documentary film

Producer:
Madeleine Autet

Director: Madeleine Autet
Screenwriter: Madeleine Autet

Production :
MBM Productions


FESTIVALS / SCREENINGS

2021 - Carte Blanche to Madeleine Autet (from 7 to 11 April), Institut français du Cameroun, at DOUALA /// Q & A with the filmmaker Madeleine Autet and an immersion in her documentaries
www.ifcameroun.com/douala/carte-blanche-a-madeleine-autet/

2021 - Carte Blanche to Madeleine Autet (from March 31 to April 04), Institut français du Cameroun, at YAOUNDÉ /// Q & A with the filmmaker Madeleine Autet and an immersion in her documentaries
www.ifcameroun.com/yaounde/cinema-carte-blanche-a-madeleine-autet/

2020 - Festival des Identités Culturelles, December 2020 (Ouaga, Burkina Faso) /// Audience Award (given by Gustave Sorgho)

2020 - 24th Ecrans Noirs Festival (Yaoundé, Cameroon) /// Nominee