Don't Let Me Die on a Sunday (J'aimerais pas crever un dimanche) (1998)

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This movie is the epitome of a French movie. It's about death, sex, wine, cigarettes, depression and boredom. I knew what I was getting into before seeing this movie, so it wasn't terribly shocking, but this is not for the modest. The plot is really irrelevant, it's a vehicle for the angst, disgust and provocation that the French enjoy in their movies. Afterwards I was asked if I liked it and ... read more

Ben works in a morgue. Ben's wife left him and he is into various kinds of alternative sexuality. Teresa dies of an ecstasy overdose on the dance floor. When she is brought to the morgue, she is resurrected -how shall I say?- in Ben's arms (that part based on a true story). From this starting point, the film revolves around the interactions between them and Boris (orgy fan), Abdel (no sentimental life), Ducon (wants to kill himself), Nico (dying of AIDS), etc... A social study of the 90s with heavy references to sex and death.