Romain, 31, a fashion photographer with terminal cancer, elects to die alone, preparing others to live past him rather than prolong the inevitable with chemotherapy or be smothered in sympathy by those who know him.

• Canal+
• Fidélité Productions
• Melvil Poupaud
• Jeanne Moreau
• Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
• Daniel Duval
• Marie Rivière
• Christian Sengewald
• Louise-Anne Hippeau
• Henri de Lorme