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6.3In a future world where the disease has been finally defeated and everything can be sold, even the crude spectacle of death, the rare case of a dying woman becomes the morbid theme of a revolutionary reality show, broadcast through the curious eyes of a peculiar camera.
Released: 1980-01-23131 minDir: Bertrand TavernierDrama, Science Fiction
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Cast
- Romy Schneider as Katherine Mortenhoe
- Harvey Keitel as Roddy
- Harry Dean Stanton as Vincent Ferriman
- Thérèse Liotard as Tracey
- Max von Sydow as Gerald Mortenhoe
- Caroline Langrishe as Girl in the Bar
Themes
- husband wife relationship
- glasgow, scotland
- yellow press
- dystopia
- terminal illness
- tv reporter
- ex-husband ex-wife relationship
- sensationalism
- cybernetically enhanced
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Ratings
IMDb
6.5/10
3,731 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
79%
- Year
- 1980
- Runtime
- 117 min
- Genres
- Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 1 win & 8 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Country of origin
- Germany
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- tumor
- Director
- Bertrand Tavernier
- Screenwriter
- David Rayfiel
- Cast member
- Derek Royle
- Composer
- Antoine Duhamel
- Cinematographer
- Pierre-William Glenn
- Filming location
- Glasgow
- Duration
- 128
- FilmAffinity ID
- 769074
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1980-01-23
- title
- La Mort en direct
- box office
- 7600000
- distributed by
- Gaumont
- review score
- 79%
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