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Annecy Contender ‘Death Does Not Exist’ by Félix Dufour-Laperrière Gets Political: ‘There’s Urgency to Redistribute Wealth’
Annecy Contender ‘Death Does Not Exist’ by Quebec director Félix Dufour-Laperrière Gets Political
I’m a father of two: a middle-class white man with a beautiful family, and one of my deepest desires is that my kids grow up in a livable world. In “Death Does Not Exist” – which premiered in Cannes Directors’ Fortnight – an idealistic girl, Hélène, flees to the forest after a botched armed attack on an uber-wealthy family. In 2021, Dufour-Laperrière was awarded at Annecy for “Archipelago.” But with its political flair, “Death Does Not Exist” wasn’t exactly an easy sell.
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