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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 May 26
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. Go to Full Review Chase Hutchinson TheWrap May 15
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. Go to Full Review Nicolás Medina Peliplat Dec 4
6/10
"It contains dense passages, symbolism that borders on overload, and a narrative that is not afraid to lose itself in order to find itself again. But it is also an urgent, beautiful, brutal, and necessary work." [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Courtney Small That Shelf Jul 27
Anchored by its stunning handmade images, Death Does Not Exist is one of the year’s most visually striking films. Go to Full Review Maxance Vincent Awards Radar Jul 19
2.5/4
Frequently, I would stop listening to the cyclical dialogues just to observe the artistry on display, which is so deeply moving that one would’ve hoped the film was entirely dialogue-free. Go to Full Review Sarah Musnicky But Why Tho? A Geek Community Jul 18
7/10
Death Does Not Exist (La Mort N’existe Pas) operates in the realm of the existential, where an internal debate as old as time is given new life....While the philosophical wears thin, the inevitable is brought into full focus. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Cast & Crew

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Félix Dufour-Laperrière

Director

Zeneb Blanchet

Hélène

Karelle Tremblay

Manon

Mattis Savard-Verhoeven

Marc

Barbara Ulrich

Voice

Irène Dufour

Voice
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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
Drama, Animation
Original Language
Canadian French
Runtime
1h 12m