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The Sea Inside
Mar adentro
2004 · Film · 126 min
Directed by Alejandro Amenábar
Ramón Sampedro is a ship mechanic and part-time poet left a quadriplegic following a diving accident. Ramón fought for 30 years for the legal right to end his own life. He develops close relationships with his long-term lawyer Julia and his friend Rosa, who tries to convince him that his life is worth living. Despite his situation, Ramón manages to inspire those around him to live life to the fullest.
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Your comment resonates with me because I remembered the Spanish movie Mar Adentro, who explores that topic on a nuanced way to me. I recommend that movie to anyone reading this who is interested on the topic and likes good fiction.
Here's an actual case.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramón_Sampedro
> Ramón Sampedro Cameán (5 January 1943 – 12 January 1998) was a Spanish seaman and writer. Sampedro became a quadriplegic at the age of 25 (on 23 August 1968), following a diving accident, and fought for his right to an assisted suicide for the following 29 years.
> ...
> Sampedro died on Monday 12 January 1998 in Boiro, Spain, from potassium cyanide poisoning.[2] Several days later, his close friend Ramona Maneiro was arrested and charged with assisting his suicide. Sampedro had divided the elements required to complete his suicide into individual tasks, each small enough that no single person could be convicted of assisting the suicide process entirely. Maneiro was released due to lack of evidence. No further charges were ever filed in connection with Sampedro's death.
Amenábar (from The Others) depicted the events in a movie (not sure if known outside of Spain).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sea_Inside
>Netflix doesn't show me Spanish language movies.
That's too bad, because you're missing out on "The Sea Inside" and "Y tu mamá también".
Interestingly enough, Netflix does pitch foreign movies at me regularly.