Synopsis
Strong-willed, funny and charismatic, Paralympic champion Marieke Vervoort’s time is running out. As her pain grows increasingly unbearable to the point of torture, she decides to end her life by euthanasia: the controversial procedure of medically assisted death.
Liberated and empowered by the legal permission to die, Marieke discovers the strength and courage to continue to live. For over a decade, she postpones her decision to die. In her time left, as her health deteriorates, she rebels against the pain, excelling in sports, from wheelchair-basketball to triathlon, until she falls in love with wheelchair-racing and wins Gold in the Paralympic Games and World Championships. Marieke lives her life to the max, addicted to the adrenaline of international travel, media attention, a wildly physical bucket list and new relationships with people with disabilities as well as girlfriends, celebrities and fans.
With virtually unlimited access, the filmmakers intimately document this tough and astonishing athlete through the dramatic events of her final inspirational three years, during which her choice to die becomes an affirmation of life.
