Jackie the Wolf

by Tuki Jencquel
  • 2023 Deckert Distribution
  • 2023 Deckert Distribution
  • 2023 Deckert Distribution
  • 2023 Deckert Distribution
  • 2023 Deckert Distribution
  • 2023 Deckert Distribution
  • 2023 Deckert Distribution

    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

    2023
    30 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

    Score

    Thomas Becka

    Sound

    Thomas Becka

    Editor

    Sylvie Gadmer, Tuki Jencquel

    DoP

    Tuki Jencquel