A husband and wife were in despair. The woman had just given birth to their 13th child, and the growing family was quickly running out of food and money. Wandering into the woods, the father encountered a skeletal figure with sunken eyes and a gaunt face: this was Death himself, come to offer his services as Godfather. Iseult Gillespie tells the tale of Death and the doctor. [Directed by Yael Reisfeld, narrated by Jack Cutmore-Scott, music by Jarrett Farkas].

Iseult Gillespie: The tale of the doctor who defied Death

The tale of the doctor who defied Death

The story of a doctor who, armed with a cure-all from Death, faces the dire consequences of defying nature's ultimate rule.

A poignant narrative illustrating life's fragility through a doctor's journey from hubris to humility under Death's tutelage.

A doctor, tutored by Death, gains fame with a life-or-death elixir but learns that cheating mortality has dire consequences.