And My Father a Bird?

On April 7, 2020, amidst the stringent health regulations of the first lockdown, a man dies alone in a care unit. His family is informed that no funeral ceremony will be allowed. In a chronicle of these stolen, hindered farewells, his son reflects on what our relationship with death reveals about us. As France reels from the speed and ease with which restrictions on freedom were being put in place, he talks about the dehumanization of a society obsessed with neoliberal management, and subtly outlines a profound love for life that pulses in spite of everything.