The New Wave now finds itself without foam. Or almost. On Tuesday, September 13, 2022, prodigy director Jean-Luc Godard died at the age of 91. If until now the cause of his disappearance had remained unknown, now his family adviser has just revealed the nature, in a press release carefully sent to AFP. This is not a natural death, since the Franco-Swiss filmmaker had recourse to assisted suicide.
“Mr. Godard resorted to legal assistance in Switzerland for voluntary departure following multiple disabling pathologies, according to the terms of the medical report“, explained Patrick Jeanneret, confirming information published by the newspaper Release. While the right to die with dignity is under discussion in France, with the unconditional support of Line Renaud – godmother of the ADMD -, but it still remains illegal, there are various forms of assistance in death in Switzerland, such as passive euthanasia and assisted suicide. This is how the director reached the stars.
Organizations such as Exit provide assisted suicide within the law as long as”no selfish motive“cannot be blamed on professionals who cause death. The practice of assisted suicide is framed by codes of medical ethics and is supported by organizations, mainly Exit, which has accompanied nearly 1,400 people in death in 2021. Assisted suicides have increased annually in recent years in Switzerland, rising from 187 cases per year in 2003 to 965 in 2015, according to the Federal Statistical Office.After a slight decrease in 2016, they have since risen again. rise, and Jean-Luc Godard took advantage of this opportunity.
He left behind his third wife, Anne-Marie Miéville, whom he married in 1971. There is no doubt that he will find, up there, the one who made his eyes shine so much in his youth, his muse , Anna Karina, who passed away at the end of 2019…