DER TOD IST EIN ARSCHLOCH: Premiere in Frankfurt am Main

In the organizer's words:

Frankfurt am Main: Premiere of the documentary DER TOD IST EIN ARSCHLOCH in the presence of Eric Wrede (author and protagonist) and Michael Schwarz (director)

"If you spend a day with Eric Wrede, death loses some of its horror." - Süddeutsche Zeitung Bestselling author Eric Wrede, known as Germany's most unconventional mortician, and his team take us on a touching and relentlessly honest journey to the edge of life in Der Tod ist ein Arschloch. Between crematoriums, living rooms full of memories and conversations with mourners, a film emerges that does not reverently shake hands with death, but rather laughs cheekily in its face. With humor, warmth and a great deal of empathy, the film poses the question: Why do we so consistently repress the inevitable - and what would happen if we finally let death into our lives? Eric Wrede opens doors to a new way of dealing with farewell, pain and memory - sometimes provocative, sometimes profound, but always human. Death is an Asshole is not a dry documentary, but a courageous portrait of dying in our society - and a plea to finally start living again. Radically honest. Refreshingly different. And damn necessary.