Terminal Stage
Tamás is a sixty-year old, terminally-ill cancer patient. This passionate man who reveled in life, faces death calmly, without taboos, and passes on this attitude to his family. The film presents Tamás’s last three days at the Hospice House and guides the viewer through the spiritual process of reconciling with death. Can you laugh at someone's deathbed? Can you be angry with someone who is dying? The film helps viewers ask and answer the most intimate questions related to death.
Ilona Gaal is a sociologist and journalist who has worked in hospice care for 10 years beside patients as a volunteer and communication specialist. Terminal Phase is her first documentary.
Balázs Wizner (1972) is a sociologist and documentary film director. He worked for the Institute of Sociology in the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. He made documentary films and public service commercials as the head of Metaforum Film Studio. He currently works as a video journalist for AFP, as director of photography in documentary films and in oral history research projects.