# Der gekaufte Tod (1980)

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**Original title**: *La Mort en direct*
**Runtime**: 131 min
**Genres**: Drama, Science Fiction
**Directed by**: Bertrand Tavernier
**Written by**: David Rayfiel, Bertrand Tavernier
**Starring**: Romy Schneider, Harvey Keitel, Harry Dean Stanton, Thérèse Liotard, Max von Sydow, Caroline Langrishe

> *She's the target of every eye… including eyes only science could create.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Terminal illness meets circus without the clowns. A futuristic feed monetizes the last breaths of a dying woman. A cameraman’s conscience is the only thing terminal.

**Mood tags**: cerebral, dread, paranoid

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