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How Much Is Your Life Worth?

How Much Is Your Life Worth?

2007 · 70 min · Crime, Documentary

Documentary looking at the work of the attorneys and adjusters involved in cases of wrongful death, a moving and enlightening story of how tragedy and injustice are computed and integrated into financial considerations that make it impossible to give a human answer to one of the most fundamental questions - what is the value of life? (Storyville)

Directed by Thomas Balmès

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