Life of the Dead
Synopsis
After a young man attempts to commit suicide, his family and friends spend a night together in a house whilst he lies between life and death in a hospital bed. Fearing the worst, three generations await the news that is sure to come, and as they do so the meaninglessness of their own lives becomes apparent.
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Actors (18)
Production and distribution (3)
- Executive Producers : Odessa Films, RGP Productions
- Co-production : Arte France Cinéma
- Film exports/foreign sales : The Bureau Sales
Full credits (12)
- Executive Producer : Pascal Caucheteux
- Screenwriter : Arnaud Desplechin
- Director of Photography : Éric Gautier
- Music Composers : Marjory Ott, Marc Sommer
- Assistant directors : Catherine Bernstein, Emmanuelle Demolder
- Editors : François Gédigier, Laurence Briaud
- Sound recordists : Bernard Borel, Richard Gellée, Olivier De Nesle, Olivier Hespel
- Assistant editor : Béatrice Maleville
- Continuity supervisor : Noémie Lvovsky
- Production Designer : Antoine Platteau
- Casting : Noémie Lvovsky
- Sound Mixer : Éric Tisserand
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- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama, Legend
- Themes : Family, Suicide
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 1990
- Runtime : 52 min 26 seconds
- Visa number : 72.724
- Visa issue date : 06/12/1990
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Color
- Audio format : Mono
- Rating restrictions : None
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About
Thirty years ago, Arnaud Desplechin directed La Vie des morts, an intimate choral work--between life and death, disturbing and disconcerting, a birth certificate of a new generation of actors and filmmakers.
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