The Dead

A ghost story without ghosts, set at the end of a dinner party. An Irish couple's quiet drive home turns into a slow reckoning with longing and emotional distance. Gabriel and Gretta share a hotel room and the weight of unspoken years, carried in Anjelica Huston's devastating aria.

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John Huston directed The Dead in 1987. See John Huston's full filmography, where to start with John Huston, or where to go after you've seen everything by John Huston.

The Dead was released in 1987 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 83 minutes.