''Time of My Life'' ( nl, Tot Altijd) is a 2012

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film written and directed by

Nic Balthazar Nic Balthazar (born 24 July 1964 in Ghent) is a Belgian film director and a TV/radio personality (presenter, reporter, producer). Family Balthasar was born into a Ghent family of politicians active in the Socialistische Partij Anders. He is the ...

. The story is based upon real life events and contains original news footage.

Plot

The story is set between 1980 and 2002. In 1980 Mario Verstraete was a healthy

with big ambitions. Some years later he is diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Mario decides to advocate for legalizing euthanasia. He starts up an action group to convince the government to allow the practice under restricted conditions. His plan works and the Belgian government approves an enactment on 28 May 2002: Euthanasia is allowed when an adult victim can't be cured, has to live in unworthy conditions, and at least three doctors confirm this situation. Verstraete was the first Belgian to commit euthanasia on 30 September 2002.

Cast

Koen De Graeve Koen De Graeve (born 28 April 1972) is a Belgian actor. He appeared in more than forty films since 1993. Selected filmography References External links * 1972 births Living people Belgian male film actors {{Belgium-actor-st ...

- Mario Verstraete * Geert Van Rampelberg - Thomas * - Lynn * - Roger * Viviane de Muynck - Francine * - Speck * Felix Maesschalck - Milan * Eva Van Der Gucht - Sask

Recognition

Awards

The movie's awards include: *

Magritte Award for Best Flemish Film in Coproduction The Magritte Award for Best Flemish Film ( French: Magritte du meilleur film flamand) is an award presented annually by the Académie André Delvaux. It is one of the Magritte Awards, which were established to recognize excellence in Belgian cin ...

2013 * Flemish Film Award for best movie at the Ostend Film Festival 2012 * Flemish Film Award for best actor at the Ostend Film Festival 2012 * Flemish Film Award for best editing at the Ostend Film Festival 2012 * Public favorite at the

Seminci The Valladolid International Film Festival, popularly known as Seminci (short for ; ), is a film festival held annually in Valladolid, Spain. First held in 1956 as ('Valladolid Religious Film Week'), the Seminci is one of the longest-standing fi ...

film festival in Spain * Public favorite at The End film festival in Amsterdam * Grand Prix Hydro-Québec at the International Film Festival of Abitibi

Nominations

* Festroia International Film Festival 2012

References

{{Reflist 2012 films 2010s Dutch-language films Films set in Belgium Films about euthanasia Magritte Award winners