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Dune: Part Two premiered at Quebec palliative care home to fulfil man’s dying wish
- Man died before watching ending of movie on filmmaker Denis Villeneuve’s laptop
CBC News · Posted: Mar 03, 2024 3:17 PM EST | Last Updated: March 4
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The work of Quebec filmmaker Denis Villeneuve was shown in a room at a palliative care centre to fulfil the end-of-life wish of a long-time film fan in a special world premiere, well ahead of the official launch.
A man from Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, Que., had an almost impossible final wish when he knew he was at the end of his life. The movie buff said he would like to see the film Dune: Part Two, which was set to be released on March 1, before he died.
He expressed this wish to Josée Gagnon, whose job is to accompany people at the end of life through her company L’Avant.
Sébastien Pilote, a director from the Saguenay region, put Gagnon in touch with Villeneuve, the renowned filmmaker, after she put a call-out on Facebook with the man’s last wish.
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Noblesse oblige
Nice to see Hollywood doing something positive.
It’s a mitzvah. (Nine out of ten Jews will tell you that mitzvah means doing a good deed.) “A mitzvah is not just a good deed” — Rabbi Zushe Greenberg
In this case, satisfying a being fan’s wish, connects us all with the beauty of the act. A connection with the Devine, the Universe, or whatever you call God.
So maybe there are some redeeming qualities in Hollywood.
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