Deathwatch
La Mort en direct
Bertrand Tavernier
In a world in which a cure has been found for every illness, Katherine Morteenhoe is told she only has a few months to live. In fact, she is being plotted against by Vincent, a programme planner for TVN who has decided to address the public's "need for tragedy" with live coverage of the last incurable patient...
With : Romy Schneider, Harvey Keitel, Harry Dan Stanton, William Russel, Carlyn Langrishe, Vadim Glowna, Bernhard Wicki, Eva-Maria Meineke, John Sheddon
Screenplay : David Rayfield, Bertrand Tavernier d'après le roman de David Compton
Image : Pierre-William Glenn
Sound : Michel Desrois
Music : Antoine Duhamel
Editing : Michael Ellis
Screenplay : David Rayfield, Bertrand Tavernier d'après le roman de David Compton
Image : Pierre-William Glenn
Sound : Michel Desrois
Music : Antoine Duhamel
Editing : Michael Ellis
Production : Selta Films, Little Bear, A2, SFP, TV 13, Sara Films, Gaumont
Distribution: Little Bear
Distribution: Little Bear
"It's everyday science fiction that interests me. I wanted to go against the grain of Star Wars or Close Encounters of the Third. (...) If the idea upon which my film is based classifies my film as science fiction, I especially wanted to create a sense of strangeness within a Victorian setting. (...) I've always liked voice-overs. And I liked the idea of telling a story about someone who is himself filming a story. Moreover, it allowed me to give the film a nostalgic tone and a circular construction. The film thus recalls a present we never see." (B. Tavernier)