Jay Baruchel, Caitlin Cronenberg explore morality of murder in ‘Humane’ [Video]

LOS ANGELES, April 25 (UPI) — Director Caitlin Cronenberg and star Jay Baruchel said their movie Humane, in theaters Friday, explores characters who are figuring out where they stand morally in an emerging global crisis.

In the near future, an environmental crisis leads to a government program in which 20% of the population can enlist in a euthanasia program to make the planet habitable for the other 80%.

Jared York (Baruchel) has been touting the program on television, but is surprised when his father, Charles (Peter Gallagher), volunteers.

“You can get behind anything and you can tell yourself anything,” Baruchel told UPI in a recent Zoom interview. “I think he’s full of [expletive], but he probably thinks this is as good a way to fix things as any.”

Cronenberg said Humane also takes place only nine months into the crisis. The Yorks gather for dinner, and each family member expresses a different point of view. Some …