Explorando la muerte, el duelo y el derecho a morir: una mirada a través del cine documental

Abstract

This article delves into complex and emotive issues related to death, grief, and the right to die, using documentaries as primary sources of study. This review explores a wide variety of perspectives and contexts in order to understand human nature in the face of mortality, as well as coping with death. Film is positioned as a medium of communication that aspires to reflect and consider a vital space that, in turn, is installed in the complex idea of understanding the meaning of life. The methodology used is based on an exhaustive systematic-filmographic review, whose main objective and conclusion is to determine cinematographic categories by comparing qualitative data derived from the reflection on the contents of the films. Documentary film is presented as a sociological and visual tool in order to analyse and understand these complex issues that affect the human psyche itself.