Living and Knowing You Are Alive

Living and Knowing You Are Alive 2019 Directed by Alain Cavalier Être vivant et le savoir

Novelist and screenwriter Emmanuèle Bernheim and filmmaker Alain Cavalier have been friends for 30 years. They are preparing a film based on the former’s autobiography, “Tout s’est bien passé” (Everything Went Fine). In it, she tells how her father asked her to “end it” in the wake of a heart attack. Cavalier suggests that she plays herself, and that he plays her father. One winter morning, Emmanuèle calls Alain; they will have to postpone the shoot until the spring, as she needs an urgent operation.

Country France

Production Country France

Language French

Spoken Language French

Gneres Documentary , Drama

Production Companies ARTE , ARTE France Cinéma , Ciné+ , Caméra One

Release Date 5 June 2019

82 mins