University/Organization
Covenant College
Title
[Seeing Inside: Death with Dignity or Simply the Sin of Suicide?] Suicide as seen through the Spanish film Mar Adentro
Synopsis
In the film Mar Adentro (The Sea Inside) the main character ends his life after suffering for 29 years as a quadriplegic. I explain in this presentation how I teach on the difficult topic of suicide through this film, which is based on the true story of Ramón Sampedro.