Title :

 MORTAL REMAINS (Shot in HD)
Genre :
 Documentary
Number of Episodes :
 1 x 82 min.
Version(s) :
 French
Synopsis :
 Death has always been shrouded in mystery. It disturbs, frightens and fascinates us.
What happens to our body after life is gone?  And what does the body mean for those who remain?
The documentary tries to answer these and other questions through science, medicine, psychology and the arts.

Experts from various fields help us explore questions about death:
 
- Luce Des Aulniers
  Anthropologist, University of Québec in Montréal (UQAM), Center for Death Studies
  (Canada)

- Dr Gunther von Hagens
  Anatomist, inventor of Plastination, and creator of BODY WORLDS (the anatomical exhibition
  of real human bodies)
  (Germany)

- Dr Marcel Martin
  Head of Intensive Care and Professor of Surgery, University of Sherbrooke
  (Canada)

- Dr Kenneth Iserson
  University of Arizona Health Sciences Center
  (USA)
 
Awards :
 Prix Gémeaux 2003 (Montreal, Canada)
 3 nominations :
 - Best Documentary
 - Best Cinematography
 - Best Research : Documentary, Public Affairs, Reporting, Biography