Here Roth plays David, a hospice nurse whose professional
life consists of him spending his
days and nights with terminally
ill patients, often up to the time
of their passing. The film is broken, to a degree, into three vignettes, in which we see David
caring for three distinct patients.
The first is Sarah (Rachel Pickup),
a woman so frail her body resembles that of a concentration
camp prisoner. When we first
see David tend to her, bathing
her fragile body, we could be
mistaken for believing her to be
his wife rather than patient. The
few muscles she can still move
are in her face, and their contortions suggest an intimate bond
with her career.
Next up David is assigned to
stroke victim John, an aging retired architect. Grumpy at first,
John grows fond of David, who
takes an interest in architecture,
even pretending to be John’s
brother in order to pay a visit
to a domestic home he once
designed. Finally it’s the turn of
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