Death Watch
Original title: La mort en direct · Turkish title: Ölümü beklerken
“She's the target of every eye… including eyes only science could create.”
1980 · 1 h 57 min
Directed by 
Bertrand Tavernier
Bertrand TavernierCast
Romy Schneider
Harvey KeitelCredits
Written by: David Rayfiel
Plot
A woman dying of a disease is filmed for television.
Sinekatalog’s take
Bertrand Tavernier's sci-fi drama follows a dying woman filmed for TV without her knowledge. Romy Schneider and Harvey Keitel are strong in a bleak, prescient and haunting satire of reality television and voyeurism.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 6.5 / 10 (3,953 votes)
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