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A Short Stay in Switzerland is a British film of genre Drama directed by Simon Curtis with Julie Walters

A Short Stay in Switzerland (2009)

A Short Stay in Switzerland
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Genres Drama
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A Short Stay in Switzerland is a 2009 British television film directed by Simon Curtis and written by Frank McGuinness. It stars Julie Walters, who won the International Emmy Award for Best Actress for her performance as Dr Anne Turner. It was produced by BBC.

It was also nominated for other numerous awards including the BAFTA Award for Best Single TV Drama and Best Actress.

Synopsis

The movie is based on the true story of Dr. Anne Turner, who after suffering from the incurable progressive supranuclear palsy, travelled to Zurich for an assisted suicide by an organization called Dignitas after her husband not long before died of the same rare condition.

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