To Stay Alive: A Method

Nov 19, 2016

1h 10m

★ 5.4

A feel good movie about suffering

Overview

Iggy Pop reads and recites Michel Houellebecq’s manifesto. The documentary features real people from Houellebecq’s life with the text based on their life stories.

Genres

Documentary

Music

Production Companies

seriousFilm

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Cast

Vincent

Michel Houellebecq

Self / Narrator

Iggy Pop

Anne Claire

Anne Claire Bourdin

Jérôme

Jérôme Tessier

Robert

Robert Combas

Self - Psychiatrist

Joseph d'Angelo

Self

Jean-Paul Bourdin

Self

Danielle Bourdin

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