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The Life of the Dead

1991·51 min

The Life of the Dead

Directed by Arnaud Desplechin

Drama

A young woman convenes with her extended family in a provincial village where her cousin, in a coma, is hospitalized after attempting suicide.

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Thibault de Montalembert

Christian McGillis

Yvan McGillis

Marianne Denicourt

Pascale McGillis

Edouard McGillis

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Director of Photography

Arnaud Desplechin

Writer

Marc Oliver Sommer

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The Life of the Dead (1991) is about a young woman convenes with her extended family in a provincial village where her cousin, in a coma, is hospitalized after attempting suicide.

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Arnaud Desplechin directed The Life of the Dead (1991).

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