Death Watch
by Bertrand Tavernier2h101979France
Recommended byChristian Rouaud
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In a future where dying of illness is exceedingly rare, a terminally ill woman becomes a celebrity and a man with camera implants goes to secretly record her for a morbid TV show.
Credits
- Production Compagny : Société Française De Production (SFP), Antenne 2, Corona Filmproduktion (Munich), Little Bear
- Distributor : Orange
- Photo Director : Pierre-William Glenn
- Producer : ZDF- Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen
- Original Music : Antoine Duhamel
- Sound Recorder : Michel Desrois
- Editing : Michael Ellis, Armand Psenny
- Scenario : David Rayfiel
- Original Work Author : David Compton
- Set Decoration : Tony Pratt
- Costume Design : Judy Moorcroft
Technical details
- Printed format : 35 mm
- Sound mix : Stéréo 2.0
- Year of production : 1979
- French release date : 23 janvier 1980
- Category : Feature film
- Color : Colors
- Language : English
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