As you may know, we are making a film about Death Cafe as part of our project to open a real Death Cafe in London.

So I had the idea of getting Bernard Crettaz to feature in it!

If you don’t know then Bernard Crettaz established a project called Café Mortels which inspired Death Café.

Just this morning I spoke to Marianne, my french-speaking friend who introduced me to Kristie West and has spoken to Bernard Crettaz before. Marianne agreed to get in contact with Mr. Crettaz and later sends him an email and leaves a voicemail.

This afternoon I got an email from a journalist who is doing a long-read piece on Death Cafe. She says that Bernard Crettaz has agreed to be interviewed and she is meeting him at his last Cafe Mortel in Lausanne on the 31st October.

It really does say that in the information: “Le dernier « CAFÉ MORTEL » de Bernard Crettaz, sociologue et initiateur des « Cafés mortels »”

This will take place at a conference. The link is here: http://www.penserlamort.ch/images/upload/AccLeDeuil_web.pdf

I very much hope to be present at this to meet Bernard Crettaz and thank him for his work.

* Update 12th October *

This now looks likely to happen :)

Bernard Crettaz has agreed to meet me in Lausanne on the 31st October. We will meet and then I will attend his last Cafe Mortel.

I will be going with both Mdhamiri who is making a film about Death Cafe, and Marianne who will be our translator.

I will film an interview with M. Crettaz and post it on this site. If there is anything you would like to ask him please let me know.

Following the conference in Lausanne a journalist from the Guardian newspaper is to accompany Bernard Crettaz to his home town. As such there will be another perspective on this.

It is wonderful stuff and is amazing timing as the proposal for Death Cafe London is coming together.