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Play Dead! (2023) [N/A]

Release Date:
October 8, 2023

Original Title:
Fais le mort !

Alternate Titles:
STELL DICH TOT!

Genres:
Documentary

Production Companies:
ARTE
TAJINE STUDIO

Production Countries:
France

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 80

Overview from TheMovieDB

If there is one person Matthew Lancit can’t get out of his mind, it is his uncle Harvey. Dark rings around his eyes, pale, blind, his legs amputated. Like Harvey, the filmmaker also suffers from diabetes. He has the disease under control, but one question is always nagging at him: How much longer? His long-term (self-)observation reliably revolves around fears of infirmity and mutilation. He translates the feared body horror into film, stages himself as a zombie, vampire, a desolate figure. Lancit playfully anticipates his potential decline, serving up a whole arsenal of effects which – as video recordings prove – go back to his youth. It is not for nothing that the “dead” in the title is also reminiscent of “dad.” Because “Play Dead!” also negotiates his own role as a father.

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Production

Additional Director of Photography:
Simon P.R. Bewick

Additional Music:
Jan Vysocky

Additional Set Dresser:
Natasha Belova

Assistant Editor:
Élisa Favreau

Camera Operator:
Matthew Lancit

Colorist:
Yannig Willmann

Director:
Matthew Lancit

Director of Photography:
Armel Hostiou

Editor:
Ariane Mellet
Matthew Lancit

Makeup Artist:
Katokix Bloody Mary's
David Scherer

Music:
Etienne Nicolas

Producer:
Simon P.R. Bewick

Production Executive:
Simon P.R. Bewick

Sound Designer:
Jan Vysocky

Sound Editor:
Stéphane Rives

Sound Mixer:
Jules Wysocki

Sound Recordist:
Stéphane Rives
Matthew Lancit

Storyboard Artist:
JL MAST

Unit Production Manager:
Paul Secchi
Manon Le Guen

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