- Filmmaker and quirky Jewish actor, Ben Mittleman, discovers he has the genetic heart condition that derailed his father's life. Using video diary and archival family footage, he documents his own raw journey. Ben relentlessly pursues the truth of his ever-changing landscape in therapy, giving grim public exposure to the most private eternal questions. "Dying to Live" reveals a man who previously pushed aside many adult responsibilities in order to pursue his acting career while carving out an enchanting and committed 20-year relationship with Valerie, a beautiful older British heiress. Valerie now battles lung cancer and has just returned after having left him for nine months. With a rare humor and spirit, an unknowingly enlightened man struggles deeper into adulthood.—Ben Mittleman
- Documentary filmmaker Ben Mittleman turns the camera on himself when confronted with the same open-heart surgery that derailed his father's life. A quest for truth, Dying to Live, gives public exposure to his own fears about mortality. In the same year Mittlemans wife Valerie and mother Anne both struggle with their own (life threatening) illnesses. And, its these affairs of his heart that contain the soul of Dying to Live. A love letter to Valerie, Dying to Live reveals the raw realities of Mittleman's fight to survive and heal the women who love him. With a rare humor and spirit, an ordinary man struggles deeper into adulthood.
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By what name was Dying to Live: The Journey Into a Man's Open Heart (2008) officially released in Canada in English?
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