Loneliness and death are the connecting thread that weave through these disparate and moving films, at times challenging the balance of power and at others evoking compassion in the characters either on screen or before it.
September 10, 1977. 4:30 a.m. Prisoner Djandoubi is removed from his cell and led to execution. He only has 15 more minutes to live. Just enough time to smoke two cigarettes. Not three.