Beautiful Death

Latvian palliative physician Līga Keiša-Ķirse faces a paradoxical task as a doctor: instead of saving lives, she must prepare each of her dying patients for the best possible death. Her journey interweaves with the work of neuroscientist Jimo Borjigin, who has observed bursts of clarity in the dying brain; cardiologist Pim van Lommel, whose studies suggest evidence of consciousness when brain function has stopped; and anthropologist Tawni T. Tidwell, who researches yogis whose bodies resist decay after death. The film bridges science and ritual, inviting us to face death with curiosity and hope.