Don't Let Me Die On A Sunday
Synopsis
One night, Ben, a morgue employee, receives the lifeless body of Teresa, a young woman who died from an overdose of ecstasy at a rave. Aroused by her beguiling nakedness, Ben makes love to Teresa's corpse and thereby resurrects her. Somewhat surprisingly, Teresa does not press charges against Ben. In fact, she wants to see her savior again. And once she has met him, wants to know what lies behind his stony cynicism. But Ben is not easy to get to know: troubled by his wife's leaving him and by a close friend's illness, Ben pushes things to the limits, notably through extreme erotic games into which he draws Teresa.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (23)
Production and distribution (3)
- Executive Producer : Program 33
- Film exports/foreign sales : Pyramide International
- French distribution : Polygram
Full credits (17)
- Executive Producer : Fabrice Coat
- Screenwriter : Didier Le Pêcheur
- Director of Photography : Denis Rouden
- Music Composer : Philippe Cohen-Solal
- Editor : Sylvie Landra
- Sound Recordist : Pascal Armant
- Costume designer : Brigitte Calvet
- Sound Assistant : Vinca Vermesse
- Production Manager : Christian Paumier
- Press Attachés (film) : Isabelle Sauvanon, Laurette Monconduit
- Assistant Editor : Yann Hervé
- Continuity supervisor : Nicole Marie
- Production Designer : Jean-Jacques Gernolle
- Casting : Shula Siegfried
- Sound Mixer : François Musy
- Still Photographer : Guy Ferrandis
- Unit Production Manager : Olivier Guerbois
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
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News & awards
Selections (2)
Hong Kong French Film Festival
Hong Kong, 1999
Films selected
About
Elodie Bouchez hadn't yet won her award at Cannes. She did the screen tests with another twenty young actresses. I didn't think I wanted a familiar face for this role, but the proof was plain to see. She asked very few questions before shooting began, and didn't concern herself with details. I think she works by instinct - which, I must say, was incredibly appropriate. She's obviously perfect. A ray of light in all that darkness - an angel. (Didier Le Pêcheur - Director)
