​​"It's surely daunting to attempt to chronicle the meaning of life. Patiently, generously, poignantly, and with great sensitivity, this film answers that monumental philosophical question."

Murtada Elfadl, Variety

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"This is definitely an unorthodox documentary that explores our willingness to accept death, at least in the Western world, with its social and religious settings. Balmès approaches the topic with great patience and sensitivity, and has a pronounced knack for the magical – or the otherworldly? – with symbolic scenes of the horse and his trainer. But he never overdoes it: this is sober and simultaneously strongly emotional directing." 

Vladan Petkovic, Cineuropa

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"Thomas Balmés reminds us of the fragility of life, but also its beauty, and it is a film that lingers in the body long after the credits have finished".

Rasmus Brendstrup, Ekko

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"At an end-of-life facility in France, the staff includes a horse with the ability to sense approaching death, which also serves as a strangely calming companion for patients grappling with acceptance and gratitude. This is much like the film itself, which offers a surprisingly charming, humorous and unsentimental meditation on death.”

Frida Marie Damsgaard, Ekko

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"The film is as cinematically satisfying as it is emotionally engaging. How easy or difficult was it to maintain the balance of delivering such a moving story while upholding such high aesthetic standards?"

 Nick Cunningham, Business Doc Europe