At the Threshold
Director Karine and Iphigénie van Ameringen and Marcoux-Fortier
Countries Canada
Duration 75 min
Synopsis
A reflection on a social shift that is unfolding with the closing of the last home-operated funeral parlors in Quebec, At the Threshold follows Gilles and Gaétane, Lucienne, Diane Huguette, and Nadia on their quest to find meaning and to come to terms with death. At different stages of life, and at the margins of the funeral industry, they invent their own rituals that allow them a more intimate experience of death -- that of their loved ones and ultimately their own.
A reflection on a social shift that is unfolding with the closing of the last home-operated funeral parlors in Quebec, At the Threshold follows Gilles and Gaétane, Lucienne, Diane Huguette, and Nadia on their quest to find meaning and to come to terms with death. At different stages of life, and at the margins of the funeral industry, they invent their own rituals that allow them a more intimate experience of death -- that of their loved ones and ultimately their own.