Drama/Sci-Fi | Japan | 2022 | Japanese | 113 Minutes
The government's Plan 75 program encourages older people to be euthanized to rejuvenate an aging society. An elderly woman whose means of survival are disappearing, a pragmatic Plan 75 salesman and a Filipino labourer face life and death choices.
A veteran of non-fiction programming, filmmaker Geeta Sondhi cut her teeth at the NFB’s Studio D working with luminaries of the doc world. Recent directing credits include The Art of Downsizing (CBC, POV, Doc Channel, NHK-Japan, SBC-Sweden) about aging; Stand Up Toronto! (TVO, DOC Channel) on the politics of race and comedy, and acclaimed viral hit 100 & Counting: Secrets to a Long Life (CBC Gem) about the passing of elders that got 27 million social media views. In addition to producing internationally successful work from feature-docs to unscripted series Geeta has programmed films for TIFF, managed funding programs for the OMDC and pioneered web programming. Originally from Kenya, she resides in Toronto.
Dr. Samir Sinha is the Director of Geriatrics at Sinai Health System and the University Health Network in Toronto and a Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto and the Director of Health Policy Research at Ryerson University’s National Institute on Ageing. A Rhodes Scholar, Dr. Sinha is a highly regarded clinician and international expert in the care of older adults. He is the Architect of the Government of Ontario’s Seniors Strategy and in 2014, Maclean’s proclaimed him to be one of Canada’s 50 most influential people and its most compelling voice for the elderly. Dr. Sinha is a member of the Government of Canada’s National Seniors Council, and is also currently leading the development of new National Long-Term Care Standards for Canada. Beyond Canada, Dr. Sinha is a Fellow of the American Geriatrics Society and a member of the American Red Cross Scientific Advisory Council. Dr. Sinha has further consulted and advised hospitals and health authorities in Britain, China, Iceland, Singapore, St. Kitts and Nevis, Taiwan and the United States on the implementation and administration of unique, integrated and innovative models of geriatric care that reduce disease burden, improve access and capacity and ultimately promote health.
