A Very Easy Death

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A Very Easy Death is a profoundly moving end-of-life account of Stephen's mother passing away in a hospital. Taking inspiration from Simone de Beauvoir's masterpiece, Stephen's finely nuanced portrait of bereavement, takes the viewers metaphorically through songs and images.

Other films by Mary Stephen

Palimpsest: The Story of a Name

2026

Memory of Water

2018

Vision from the Edge: Breyten Breytenbach Painting the Lines

1998

In Transit, in Transition: Poem from South Africa

In Transit, in Transition: Poem from South Africa

1998

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