Dying with dignity, living with freedom: Denis Côté on ‘Nobody’s Violence’

In his latest film, premiered in Locarno, Canadian filmmaker Denis Côté follows a woman who delivers assisted death to strangers. But beneath the film’s meditation on mortality lies a deeply personal story of illness, survival and artistic renewal. Though Switzerland has historically been home to some of the highest rates of assisted suicide in the world, a new player has joined the global leaderboard: Quebec, the home province of Canadian filmmaker Denis Côté, where reports indicate that med...

By Dylan Adamson, Locarno Critics Academy