Death has many laws. The film revolves around an ordinary New York family. Mother. The eldest daughter, a divorced woman, caring for two children. The son is a homosexual. The youngest daughter is a frivolous girl, without any particular job.
Their lives are shattered when their son and brother die of AIDS. It is later revealed that his death was not natural. The investigation of this crime begins to engage the district attorney of Manhattan – Nicole.
The investigation is based on interviews with family members and friends of the deceased man. In the process, many facts are clarified that make Nicole look at what happened differently and change her point of view.
The main idea of the film will be accurately expressed in the following questions: To whom does human life belong? Himself? Society? The law? Do people have the right to control their own lives? Is it a crime to kill someone out of compassion?
There are no definite answers to these questions in the film because it is impossible to come to any unambiguous opinion. Some people will believe that the suicide of a terminally ill person is a terrible act, others, on the contrary, will argue that it is “freedom from suffering.”
Despite the fact that “Chance” has a rather heavy moral, the film itself is built in a rather strange style. The quality resembles a second-rate TV series, the editing leaves much to be desired, and some scenes look altogether implausible. Maybe it's a director's idea, maybe not. I don't know, it's not that that matters, it's that the artwork doesn't detract from the storyline at all. Tom Fitzgerald made not a brilliant, but memorable film, unlike any other.
8 out of 10