Jackie the Wolf
Synopsis
Paris, Summer 2018. Jacqueline Jencquel (74) lives a comfortable life in a splendid apartment in Saint-Germain. Apart from a few age-related ailments, she's in good health. And yet Jackie has decided to die. A mother, grandmother and dedicated right-to-die activist, she sparks a media frenzy by announcing that she will end her life in January 2020.As the clock ticks, she faces the camera of one of her three sons. Taboos are broken in an honest exchange about death, love, desire and motherhood. Though determined to go ahead, she postpones her final act, in order to enjoy one last spring, one last summer. But when Jackie learns of the imminent birth of a grandchild, she begins to waver and she pushes back “the date” yet again.
Seizing on this grace period, Jackie’s son records a series of increasingly meaningful encounters with his mother as he struggles to accept her decision and to learn to let go.
Festivals/Awards
202330 Hot Docs
38 DOK.fest Munich
Rome Documentary Festival
DocPoint Helsinki
BIDF Budapest
2024
Movies that Matter Festival, The Hague, The Netherlands #MtM
Cast and Crew
- Director Tuki Jencquel
- Director of Photography Tuki Jencquel
- Editor Sylvie Gadmer, Tuki Jencquel
- Sound Thomas Becka
- Score Thomas Becka
Original Languages
French
English
German
World Sales Company
Deckert Distribution GmbHGottschedstr. 18, 04109 Leipzig
Phone: +49 341 2156638
info@deckert-distribution.comhttp://www.deckert-distribution.com
Production Company
Orinokia Filmproduktion GmbHJohnsallee 7, 20148 Hamburg
Phone: +49 40 52476377
t.jencquel@orinokia.dehttps://www.orinokia.de
Links / Reference
AC Films, USA
www.acfilmsinc.com
Point du Jour – Les films du Balibari, France
www.pointdujour-international.com
DISTRIBUTION Germany
déjà-vu film UG
dispo@dejavu-film.de
www.dejavu-film.de
TRAILER
youtu.be/r41TPDhuJmA
vimeo.com/812345875
PR:
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variety.com/2023/film/global/j...