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01/10/1979 Documentary 1h 45m
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Overview

An exploration of death through diverse funeral rites and other cultural responses to mortality across several countries, including South Korea, Thailand, Mexico, Belgium, and the USA. The film observes practices ranging from elaborate public burials to the process of cremation, offering a look at how different societies confront death and the deceased, sometimes in graphic detail.

  1. Jean-Pol Ferbus

    Director, Writer

  2. Thierry Zéno

    Director, Writer

  3. Dominique Garny

    Director, Writer

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A review by tmdb91356506
Written by tmdb91356506 on 2025-09-21
This European documentary shuns the sleazy world of mondo docs like "Faces of Death" and tries to show how different parts of the world view death. The problem is that the directors slip in sleazy mondo footage, and the unshocking footage is especially dull.

The film opens with an American preparing a body for embalming, before a very long segment in Thailand, where a family prepares to bury a dead relative. The Thai grandmother lies in a hut for three days, decomposes, and is finally buried, but not before we witness the graphic killing of four oxen. The film makers also visit Belgium, Nep...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
French

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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