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SALT LAKE CITY — The right to die with dignity is still illegal in most states. The Utah Legislature has looked into it and decided to kick it down the road. Only a handful of states have laws protecting end-of-life choices (ten as of this writing). New York, where this film takes place, is not one of them.

To be clear, this is not a documentary, but a feature film by famed Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar, based on the Sigrid Nunez novel “What Are You Going Through.”

He hoped to create an atmosphere for discussion around this difficult decision with the help of equally acclaimed actresses Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore, both …