Manners of Dying

Summary Kevin Barlow will die on schedule and according to regulations. Harry Parlington, director of the Cantos execution facility, intends to make sure of it. However Barlow chooses to go, be it calmly or fighting violently to the end, Parlington feels confident that he and his team can deal with the situation. When Barlow makes a baffling and unusual final request, a strange duel ensues between the condemned man and the prison director. In this struggle there can be no winner or loser, only two men faced with doubts and difficult choices to make. The iron grip Parlington usually maintains on the execution procedure begins to slip as the final hours become a maze of manners of dying. View more details

Manners of Dying

Directed : Jeremy Peter Allen

Written : Yann Martel Jeremy Peter Allen

Stars : Tony Robinow Roy Dupuis Serge Houde Vlasta Vrana

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Genres : Drama

Release date : Jun 11, 2005

Countries of origin : Canada

Language : English

Filming locations : Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

Production companies : Productions Thalie

Summary Kevin Barlow will die on schedule and according to regulations. Harry Parlington, director of the Cantos execution facility, intends to make sure of it. However Barlow chooses to go, be it calmly or fighting violently to the end, Parlington feels confident that he and his team can deal with the situation. When Barlow makes a baffling and unusual final request, a strange duel ensues between the condemned man and the prison director. In this struggle there can be no winner or loser, only two men faced with doubts and difficult choices to make. The iron grip Parlington usually maintains on the execution procedure begins to slip as the final hours become a maze of manners of dying. View more details

Details

Genres : Drama

Release date : Jun 11, 2005

Countries of origin : Canada

Language : English

Filming locations : Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

Production companies : Productions Thalie

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