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Acid Player ‘Most People Die on Sundays’ Ruminates on the Unexpected Costs Loved Ones Pay After a Death in the Family


Director Iair Said discusses his first fiction feature, based on unexpected experiences after his father died.

Iair Said ‘s first fiction feature, “ Most People Die on Sundays,” will world premiere in this year’s Acid section at Cannes, although until recently, the filmmaker knew little about the platform. During a return trip home after a year spent studying in Italy, David learns that his mother plans to disconnect his father’s respirator, as there is no chance of the man emerging from a lengthy coma. He is joined by legendary Latin American stage and screen actor Rita Cortese (“Wild Tales,” “Herencia”), famous Argentine singer Juliana Gattas and Pablo Larrain favorite Antonia Zegers (“The Club,” The Punishment”).

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