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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
- Main subject
- tumor
- Duration
- 128
- FilmAffinity ID
- 769074
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- publication date
- 1980-01-23
- title
- La Mort en direct
- box office
- 7600000
- review score
- 79%
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Categories
1980 films1980 French films1980 French-language films1980 science fiction films1980s dystopian filmsEnglish-language French filmsEnglish-language German filmsFilms about deathFilms about diseases and disordersFilms about televisionFilms based on British novelsFilms directed by Bertrand TavernierFilms scored by Antoine DuhamelFilms shot in GlasgowFrench dystopian filmsFrench science fiction filmsGerman dystopian filmsRotten Tomatoes ID different from WikidataTemplate film date with 1 release dateWest German films