Death Watch (1980)
Original title: La Mort en direct
Death Watch is a 1980 French-language drama movie directed by Bertrand Tavernier, with a running time of 2h 11m. It stars Romy Schneider, Harvey Keitel and Harry Dean Stanton.
In 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.
Where to watch Death Watch
Stream: Criterion Channel, Fandor
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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
- William Russell as Dr. Mason
- Vadim Glowna as Harry Graves
- Eva Maria Meineke as Dr. Klausen
- Bernhard Wicki as Katherine's Dad
- Freddie Boardley as Technician
- Robbie Coltrane as Limousine Driver