Simon and Marianne

Simon et Marianne

A moving account of the last summer a couple spend together after one of them is diagnosed with a terminal illness.

Achingly intimate and emotionally frank, French-Canadian directors Pier-Luc Latulippe and Martin Fournier’s film is a heartrending portrait of a couple who face the ultimate test: the consequences they face when Simon, a writer, discovers he has an incurable form of cancer. Lucidly approaching the processes in place to deal with the end of a life – what it means for those faced with their own mortality and for those left behind – the film captures Simon and Marianne’s desire to live their life together to the full. With its haunting visuals, poetic vignettes and moments of profound reflection, Simon and Marianne is a celebration of life, love and the human spirit, in the face of adversity and the unknown.

Content Guidance: Film contains scenes of bereavement and death.