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Last Days

20181 Season45m episodes

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Runtime: 45m episodes
Genre: Documentary
Origin: BE

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Photographer Lieve Blancquaert travels around the world to show how different cultures deal with aging and death.

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Not available to stream in United States yet.

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Status: Returning Series
First aired: Sep 4, 2018
Network: VRT 1

Time to finish

6 hrs

8 episodes. About 1 week at an hour a night.

Cast

Lieve Blancquaert

Herself

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SERIES

Last Days

20181 Season45m episodes

Documentary

Your rating

Runtime: 45m episodes
Genre: Documentary
Origin: BE

About

Photographer Lieve Blancquaert travels around the world to show how different cultures deal with aging and death.

Where to watch

Region

Not available to stream in United States yet.

Episodes

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E1 · Airs Sep 4, 2018 · 45m
Sun City, US
Sun City, built in 1960, was the very first village in the world exclusively for over-55s. Lieve is almost 55 herself and wondering if she would fit in mixes for a week among the residents.
E2 · Airs Sep 11, 2018 · 45m
Sulawesi, Indonesia
Death often means forgetting, but not for the Toraja tribe on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. There they live together with their dead. Lieve can hardly believe it and travels to the other side of the world to experience the unique death culture of the Toraja's up close.
E3 · Airs Sep 18, 2018 · 45m
Okinawa, Japan
How do you become 100 years old? For the answer Lieve goes to the Japanese island of Okinawa. This is where the oldest people in the world live. The island is a popular place among scientists who do research into long life.
E4 · Airs Sep 25, 2018 · 45m
Accra, Ghana
In Ghana a funeral is the 'place to be'. Lieve travels from one funeral to another, and tries to find out why the Ghanaians want to outdo each other with the greatest funeral.
E5 · Airs Oct 2, 2018 · 45m
Havana, Cuba
Cuba has the highest number of people over 60 in Latin America and the figures continue to rise. Lieve visits Santovenia, Havana's largest retirement home where all residents help out in the household. The zest for life of the Cuban elderly is great; they go to discotheques, attend classes at the university, and unite in gymnastics.
E6 · Airs Oct 9, 2018 · 45m
Varanasi, India
In India there is one place where every Hindu wants to die: the spiritual capital Varanasi. Pilgrims come from all over the country to cremate their deceased relatives. Lieve is shocked how they deal with their dead here. The horror of the pyres is difficult to grasp. She visits a star hotel where Hindus stay who want to die in Varanasi and are cremated. She talks to pilgrims, hermits, and gurus, about reincarnation and salvation.
E7 · Airs Oct 16, 2018 · 45m
Oaxaca, Mexico
On All Saints day, Mexicans celebrate Dia de Muertos: The Day of the Dead. During the festival, the living together with the dead have a party in cemeteries. For a whole week Lieve hangs around the largest cemetery in the city of Oaxaca.
E8 · Airs Oct 23, 2018 · 45m
Herent, Belgium
Lieve watches over the shoulders of the employees at the Pues funeral parlor in Herent, Belgium, a family business that has been taking care of our dead for four generations.

Details

Status: Returning Series
First aired: Sep 4, 2018
Network: VRT 1

Time to finish

6 hrs

8 episodes. About 1 week at an hour a night.

Cast

Lieve Blancquaert

Herself

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