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Death Watch (1980)

Death Watch (1980)

Science Fiction Drama

She's the target of every eye… including eyes only science could create.

Release Date: 1980, January 23
Directors: Bertrand Tavernier
Countries: Germany, France
Production: TV13, Gaumont International, Little Bear, Sara Films, SFP, SFP, Selta Films, Selta Films, Antenne 2, Antenne 2
Cast: Bill Nighy, Harvey Keitel, Harry Dean Stanton, Robbie Coltrane, Max von Sydow, William Russell, Paul Young, Billy Riddoch, Bernhard Wicki, Romy Schneider, Caroline Langrishe, Vadim Glowna

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

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