Coffee, Cake & Crematorium

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Coffee, Cake & Crematorium

2011

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An intriguing documentary about up-and-coming funeral tourism in the German-Dutch border region, drawing the audience's attention to the commercialisation of the 'last farewell' in relation to our inhibitions about death.

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