Play Dead!
2023, French. Directed by Matthew Lancit.
If there is one person Matthew Lancit can’t get out of his mind, it is his uncle Harvey. Dark rings around his eyes, pale, blind, his legs amputated. Like Harvey, the filmmaker also suffers from diabetes. He has the disease under control, but one question is always nagging at him: How much longer? His long-term (self-)observation reliably revolves around fears of infirmity and mutilation. He translates the feared body horror into film, stages himself as a zombie, vampire, a desolate figure. Lancit playfully anticipates his potential decline, serving up a whole arsenal of effects which – as video recordings prove – go back to his youth. It is not for nothing that the “dead” in the title is also reminiscent of “dad.” Because “Play Dead!” also negotiates his own role as a father.
- Runtime
- 1h 20m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- French
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- Released
- 8 October 2023
- Original title
- Fais le mort !
- Country
- France
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Play Dead! runs 80 minutes (1h 20m).
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Play Dead! isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 8 October 2023. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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Who directed Play Dead!?
Play Dead! (2023) was directed by Matthew Lancit.