A man from Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, Que., had an almost impossible final wish when he knew he was at the end of his life. The movie buff said he would like to see the film Dune: Part Two, which was set to be released on March 1, before he died.
"Denis Villeneuve and his wife Tanya, who is a producer, said, ‘OK, we could get him to come to Los Angeles.’
Realizing that the man would not be able to go to the premiere, Villeneuve decided to send the movie directly to the municipality of Saguenay. Villeneuve’s assistant flew down to Quebec with the filmmaker’s laptop.
The screening took place more than a month and a half before its worldwide release.
Too weak, the film buff fell asleep before the end of the movie and died later.
“[Villeneuve and Lapointe] said, ‘It’s for him, it’s for that man that we make films, it’s for the guy who said before he died, I want to see that film,’” she said.
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The work of Quebec filmmaker Denis Villeneuve was shown in a room at a palliative care centre to fulfil the end-of-life wish of a long-time film fan in a special world premiere, well ahead of the official launch.
The movie buff said he would like to see the film Dune: Part Two, which was set to be released on March 1, before he died.
He expressed this wish to Josée Gagnon, whose job is to accompany people at the end of life through her company L’Avant.
Realizing that the man would not be able to go to the premiere, Villeneuve decided to send the movie directly to the municipality of Saguenay.
“They locked themselves in a room at the Maison de soins palliatifs […] and this man managed to watch the film on his own,” said Gagnon.
She finally posted a long message on Facebook late Friday, thanking everyone who had made the adventure possible, including her husband and the staff at the Maison de soins palliatifs du Saguenay.
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