Whoever Dies, Dies in Pain (1998)

Original title

Quiconque meurt, meurt à douleur

Directed by

Robert Morin

Genre

docufiction

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 30m

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 11 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A journalist sits with a group of addicts in a crack house while police surround the building. The addicts tell their personal stories of addiction and struggle.

rawintimategrittyreflectiveconfessionaltensebleakdocumentary-like

What happens

Whoever Dies, Dies in Pain (French: Quiconque meurt, meurt à douleur) is a 1998 Canadian docufiction film, directed by Robert Morin. Exploring the issue of addiction and starring a cast of predominantly non-professional actors, the film centres on a group of addicts in a crack house, who are telling their stories to a journalist (Bernard Émond) during a police siege. The film won the Prix Luc-Perreault from the Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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