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Death Does Not Exist

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After a failed armed attack on wealthy landowners, Hélène abandons her companions and flees into the forest. Manon, one of her friends and accomplices, returns to haunt her. Hélène has to revisit her convictions and choices, in a valley where metamorphoses and great upheavals disrupt the natural order of things.

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Isaac Feldberg RogerEbert.com With his minimalist, hand-drawn animation, Dufour-Laperrière blurs boundaries between individuals and backgrounds to produce haunting, porous tableaux in which only movement and action expose character. May 26, 2025 Full Review Chase Hutchinson TheWrap Though “Death Does Not Exist” is a rather short feature, running only 72 minutes, it is a film of big ideas and expansive existential questions. Even when the presentation is simple, it carries a quietly poetic power. May 15, 2025 Full Review Michael Scoular In Review Online Death Does Not Exist stands out as an impressive display of animation labor, but its narrative arc is as unmotivating and prescriptively moral as any children’s parable. Jun 1, 2025 Full Review Eulàlia Iglesias Caimán Cuadernos de Cine Close to a political fable, Death Does Not Exist ultimately falls victim to its own excessive inscrutability. [Full review in Spanish] May 23, 2025 Full Review Louisa Moore Screen Zealots While the animation may not appeal to every aesthetic taste, there's no denying the cohesion between this cerebral film's distorted visuals and haunting thematic ambitions. May 21, 2025 Full Review Clotilde Chinnici Loud and Clear Reviews Visually, Death Does Not Exist is one of the most exciting animated films I have seen in the past year or so. From the very beginning, it is immediately clear that the movie will play with colour in a very innovative and fascinating way. Rated: 3.5/5 May 18, 2025 Full Review Read all reviews

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Félix Dufour-Laperrière

Director

Zeneb Blanchet

Hélène

Karelle Tremblay

Manon

Mattis Savard-Verhoeven

Marc

Barbara Ulrich

Voice

Félix Dufour-Laperrière

Screenwriter
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Movie Info

Synopsis After a failed armed attack on wealthy landowners, Hélène abandons her companions and flees into the forest. Manon, one of her friends and accomplices, returns to haunt her. Hélène has to revisit her convictions and choices, in a valley where metamorphoses and great upheavals disrupt the natural order of things.
Director
Félix Dufour-Laperrière
Producer
Nicolas Dufour-Laperrière, Félix Dufour-Laperrière, Emmanuel-Alain Raynal, Pierre Baussaron
Screenwriter
Félix Dufour-Laperrière
Production Co
Embuscade Films, Miyu Productions
Genre
Animation
Original Language
French
Runtime
1h 12m