A ten-minute marriage: till death do us part, but who's driving?
Erika has cancer and wants to die with dignity. Ruedi, her husband, does not want to live without her, so they decide to depart this world together. Everything is ready: someone is going to help them, but Ruedi suddenly has doubts. A reflection on “assisted suicide”, recounted in a tragicomic vein.
Acting
Glaser and Lüönd pack decades into ten minutes.
Direction
Siemens finds humor in the unthinkable without cheapening it.
Director
Benjamin Kempf Siemens
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Switzerland legalized assisted suicide in 1942, making this uniquely Swiss storytelling — pragmatic, unflinching, weirdly polite.
The ten-minute runtime mirrors the bureaucratic efficiency of Swiss exit protocols; the film itself becomes a form.
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