Don't Let Me Die on a Sunday

A cold, transgressive drift through sex, death and lonely bodies, more unsettling than moving, and hard to shake.

Directed by

Didier Le Pêcheur

Genres

Drama

Starring

Élodie Bouchez, Jean-Marc Barr, Patrick Catalifo

Overview

Ben works in a morgue. Ben's wife left him and he is into various kinds of alternative sexuality. Teresa dies of an ecstasy overdose on the dance floor. When she is brought to the morgue, she is resurrected -how shall I say?- in Ben's arms (that part based on a true story). From this starting point, the film revolves around the interactions between them and Boris (orgy fan), Abdel (no sentimental life), Ducon (wants to kill himself), Nico (dying of AIDS), etc... A social study of the 90s with heavy references to sex and deat

How it feels

Slow-burning and demanding.

About

Death, sexuality, isolation, grief

Content

Strong sexual content and language. Mild violence and gore.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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