Of the Dead
“Fascinating, Shocking, Macabre...”
5.1
1979
1h 45m
Documentary
An exploration of death through diverse funeral rites and other cultural responses to mortality across several countries, including South Korea, Thailand, Mexico, Belgium, and the USA. The film observes practices ranging from elaborate public burials to the process of cremation, offering a look at how different societies confront death and the deceased, sometimes in graphic detail.
Key Crew
Director
Jean-Pol Ferbus
Writers
Thierry Zéno
Dominique Garny
Jean-Pol Ferbus
Keywords
embalminganimal slaughterdead bodies
Reviews (1)
And Now For Something Completely Different
This European documentary shuns the sleazy world of mondo docs like "Faces of Death" and tries to show how different parts of the world view death. The problem is that the directors slip in sleazy mondo footage, and the unshocking footage is especially dull. The film opens with an American prepar...
