Product Description ONCE MORGUE EMPLOYEE BEN MEETS TERESA, A YOUNG WOMAN WHO HAS OVERDOSED ON ECSTASY AT A RAVE, THEIR LIVES ARE CHANGED FOREVER. THEY EMBARK ON AN ODYSSEY THAT LEADS THEM INTO THE WORLD OF WILD PARTIES, ORGIES AND SADOMASOCHISM AS THEY SEARCH FOR WAYS TO EASE THEIR SENSE OF DESPAIR. Review There have been lots of movies about outsiders who turn to pain because they can't be pleasured, so disillusioned by life that they're turned on by the proximity of death (Crash, Fight Club). But rarely has any such film had so much empathy for its main characters. Matched by the magnetic lead performances of rising star Bouchez and the aging, handsome Barr, writer-director Didier Le Pecheur's concise effort conveys the fleeting thrill of soulless sensations. --Mr. ShowbizLike Stanley Kubrick's existential 'Eyes Wide Shut', 'Don't Let Me Die on a Sunday' tackles issues ranging from fidelity to the sex-death link, but lacks Kubrick's sense of narrative artifice. Thankfully Le Pecheur opts for realism, natural settings and hand-held camera work, while maintaining a slick visual sensibility. And the ubiquitous sex scenes never stray into exploitation. Instead, the film's most graphic and exposing element is Le Pecheur's dialog. --HX MagazineYou may think you've seen it all, but unless you've seen Didier Le Pecheur's sex-laced drama about disaffected French people, you probably haven't. --TV Guide
R**A
Five Stars
Very nice, and great movie
W**.
A really bizarre movie... SM, ennui ...
A really bizarre movie...SM, ennui, necrophilia and wacky french existentialism all wrapped into one as the characters try to answer the question of WTF?
C**S
A good emotion-driven film
It seems to me that many seem to discredit Don't Let Me Die on a Sunday for a number of fairly juvenile reasons. Some are understandable if we look at the pacing, the unrealistic scenario on which it is based, and so forth. Other issues like it's masochistic and depressing nature are not reasons to dislike a film from an objective standpoint. Indeed, I was lured to the film first by it's title (which I find to be thought provoking: why do I not want to die on a Sunday?) and the main actor Jean-Marc Barr who has performed in a number of films I've enjoyed. It is worth mentioning that I come into the film from a relatively bleak worldview and carry a load of depression daily, so I found this exploration of such sensations to be wholly pleasurable given my subjective experience of the world.With that said, it's not for everyone. At times it is heavy handed. The spiritual property of sex to revitalize the dead is something many will find more comical than serious, but if you are able to empty your mind of the notion that this is just some hammy, French flick look to induce a sense of soft-core porn and depress you for it's own sake, then perhaps you will find something more enjoyable.Of course, if you're peering into it's lack of a rating and expecting hardcore sex scenes and grotesque violence, you are also in the wrong place. The film is far more psychological, and in this way the film works best. Death in the film is not particularly violent, bloody, gory, etc.; but it's poignant. Sex is brutal, but again, not in a pornographic way; but the film explores the sadomasochistic nature of the relationship that unfolds early on.Now, don't look at my 5 star rating and think I find the film to be perfect. I do not. But, as a ride that heavy relies on emotions and the subjective experience to coincide with what it is telling us, the film is pleasurable and easily a French language film I can relate to and enjoy.
C**K
Five Stars
It's dark, perverse and incredible all at once. Incredible movie!
D**N
CDP
Did not like the storyline
N**I
Mistake
I actually accidentally got this.
N**E
I have seen better and I have seen
A fair film. I have seen better and I have seen worse
C**A
Four Stars
Great movie on progressive mental illness.
J**M
Four Stars
ok
C**N
Faltan los subtítulos
Lo compré porque indicaba en el anuncio del DVD que éste incluía los subtítulos por lo menos en francés, no siendo así.
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