LOVE UNTO DEATH
synopsis
Elisabeth and Simon have been deeply in love for two months when Simon momentarily dies, but comes back to life. Simon does not want any further medical tests, but the couple are forced to grapple with the possibility of his death. They eventually tell their close friends Jérôme and Judith Martignac about the event. The Martignacs are both clerics, and Judith has just been giving a funeral service for a villager who committed suicide, though Jérôme would have nothing to do with suicide...
international title: | Love Unto Death |
original title: | L'amour à mort |
country: | France |
year: | 1984 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Alain Resnais |
film run: | 92' |
release date: | IT 01/09/1984, FR 05/09/1984, DK 25/03/1985, PT 25/04/1985, HU 05/02/1987 |
screenplay: | Jean Gruault |
cast: | Sabine Azéma, Fanny Ardant, Pierre Arditi |
cinematography by: | Sacha Vierny |
film editing: | Jean-Pierre Besnard, Albert Jurgenson |
art director: | Jacques Saulnier, Philippe Turlure |
costumes designer: | Catherine Leterrier |
producer: | Philippe Dussart |