In a future world where the disease has been finally defeated and everything can be sold, even the crude spectacle of death, the rare case of a dying woman becomes the morbid theme of a revolutionary reality show, broadcast through the curious eyes of a peculiar camera.
Acting
Romy Schneider's fragile, furious final lead performance before her death.
Direction
Tavernier's Glasgow locations feel alien yet achingly mundane.
Writing
David G. Peoples' script predates The Truman Show by nearly two decades.
Director
Bertrand Tavernier
Romy Schneider
Katherine Mortenhoe
Harvey Keitel
Roddy
Harry Dean Stanton
Vincent Ferriman
Thérèse Liotard
Tracey
Max von Sydow
Gerald Mortenhoe
Caroline Langrishe
Girl in the Bar
William Russell
Dr. Mason
Vadim Glowna
Harry Graves
Eva Maria Meineke
Dr. Klausen
Bernhard Wicki
Katherine's Dad
Freddie Boardley
Technician
Robbie Coltrane
Limousine Driver
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 'Deathwatch' camera rig was a practical prop so heavy Keitel developed neck problems.
Tavernier explicitly wanted Glasgow's decaying industrial landscape to feel like alien sci-fi without expensive sets — the city itself became uncanny.
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