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61% Critic Match
Living and Knowing You Are Alive
6.1 / 10• 2019• 1h 22m•NR• French
DramaDocumentary
Storyline
Novelist and screenwriter Emmanuèle Bernheim and filmmaker Alain Cavalier have been friends for 30 years. They are preparing a film based on the former’s autobiography, “Tout s’est bien passé” (Everything Went Fine). In it, she tells how her father asked her to “end it” in the wake of a heart attack. Cavalier suggests that she plays herself, and that he plays her father. One winter morning, Emmanuèle calls Alain; they will have to postpone the shoot until the spring, as she needs an urgent operation.
Cast & Crew
Emmanuèle Bernheim
Self
LeadTA
Teymour Al Attar
Self
JF
Jean-Louis Faure
Self
SS
Saïd Shayestehkia
Self
AB
Alexandre Badaoui
Self
Alain Cavalier
Self
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Alain Cavalier's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Living and Knowing You Are Alive is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
