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Seule la mort peut m'arrêter

Original title: I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
  • 2003
  • Tous publics avec avertissement
  • 1h 43m
IMDb RATING
5.8/10
9.3K
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Seule la mort peut m'arrêter (2003)
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A man returns to London and seeks revenge against his brother's killer.A man returns to London and seeks revenge against his brother's killer.A man returns to London and seeks revenge against his brother's killer.

  • Director
    • Mike Hodges
  • Writer
    • Trevor Preston
  • Stars
    • Clive Owen
    • Malcolm McDowell
    • Jonathan Rhys Meyers
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    5.8/10
    9.3K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Mike Hodges
    • Writer
      • Trevor Preston
    • Stars
      • Clive Owen
      • Malcolm McDowell
      • Jonathan Rhys Meyers
    • 115User reviews
    • 37Critic reviews
    • 56Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 nomination total

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    Clive Owen
    Clive Owen
    • Will
    Malcolm McDowell
    Malcolm McDowell
    • Boad
    Jonathan Rhys Meyers
    Jonathan Rhys Meyers
    • Davey
    Charlotte Rampling
    Charlotte Rampling
    • Helen
    Jamie Foreman
    Jamie Foreman
    • Mickser
    Ken Stott
    Ken Stott
    • Turner
    Sylvia Syms
    Sylvia Syms
    • Mrs. Bartz
    Alexander Morton
    Alexander Morton
    • Victor
    John Surman
    • Pathologist
    Paul Mohan
    Paul Mohan
    • Coroner
    Damian Dibben
    • David Myers
    Amber Batty
    • Sheridan
    Daisy Beaumont
    Daisy Beaumont
    • Stella, Drugs Seeker
    Lidija Zovkic
    • Philippa, Model
    Geoff Bell
    Geoff Bell
    • Arnie Ryan
    Desmond Bayliss
    • Cannibal
    • (as Desmond Baylis)
    Kirris Riviere
    Kirris Riviere
    • Big John
    Brian Croucher
    Brian Croucher
    • Al Shaw
    • Director
      • Mike Hodges
    • Writer
      • Trevor Preston
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    User reviews115

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    9myrasloan

    good movie

    Not predictable like most revenge dramas. Nice to see Clive Owen's character actually in love with someone his own age. Interesting music, if a little distracting. Very dark. Not a family flick. Not a date flick. Well written. Great acting by most characters. It was too short. It was a big build up to a very short denouement, but I guess that suits the tone and the theme of the film. Not sure why people gave this such low marks. I guess they were expecting Lock stock or snatch seeing as its kind of in the British gangster genre. If you go in expecting that, then you will be disappointed. What was great about this movie was that we slowly got to know the characters without much of significance being said about them outright. It was slow in creating a mood without ever being boring.
    9hornsleth

    A must see: Stylish, dark revenge story.

    This is a great movie laden with enigmatic style. A modern, gritty film noir with a powerful and restrained performance by Clive Owen. Compared to other contemporary gangster movies, this one does without cheap action and unmotivated aspects of humor. This is a film taking itself and its moviegoers seriously. The pace and rhythm of the movie and great cinematography accentuates the underlying and half hidden aspects of the script, Clive Owen's acting really proves here that less is more. This movie is indeed one of the two best crime movies to come out of Britain around the turn of the millennium, the other being, of course, "Sexy Beast". These films both combine great style, magnetic performances from the currently best British actors, compelling story lines and sense of warmth emanating from perfectly cast protagonists; Owen and Winstone, respectively.
    7mariawong_99

    Thought provoking movie!

    I have read through about 20 of the users comments after watching this movie earlier tonight on DVD. Most viewers seem to be rather disappointed with this film mainly because they had expectations of the film based on genre, director's and actors' previous work both of which I have seen very little before. The film had my attention from the beginning till the end and I found it very thought provoking.

    Will was a gangster who had turned away from crime after a break down (indication of severe depression?). Sometimes when people get overloaded with negative emotions like guilt they can turn into the total opposite of who they once were. As Will mentioned himself : grief about a wasted life. I think this indicates guilt. He coped by turning his back to the world he knew, but also the person he loved most, his brother Davey whom he therefore was not able to help move away from the crime life.Imagine his anger but also the guilt he must have experienced to find his brother raped and having taking his own life! Another wasted life! He could have done something about that but HAD NOT because he ran away from life. In the interactions with former associates and ex-girl friend Helen he established who he had become. Also showing them that they played no role in his life anymore, emotional or otherwise. For his brother who was still important to him he was not able to do anything anymore (and unable via police) except to come up for him by discovering the reason for his death and revenging it. The only way to do that was to take on his former identity again, because the new Will could not do that. Imagine the horror that his brother was hated for behaving the way he himself had before his departure. (Of course this is never a valid reason to rape someone! Rape is hideous crime!) Charming, but cocksure and arrogant!! For Davey Will had always been his role model!!! Davey never got to know the new (more real?) Will. Instead he had lived like Will basing his self-esteem on Will's former reputation as well. Fancy the pain of discovering that! By shooting Boad he kills himself; by intensifying the guilt which had taken over his life. This was exactly as Helen predicted when she said that he was not getting out of it because he wanted to die himself! Nor Clive Owen or Charlotte Rampling acted stiffly out of incompetence, but merely because it was required for their roles of people who had died emotionally a long time ago already! I have greatly enjoyed this movie. It made me think deeply about emotions, motivations an behavior. The above is my interpretation of these, (which doesn't mean I am right).
    simon-smith27

    A smouldering fire

    First the locations. This is London as it has not been seen since The Long Good Friday, Brixton; Holland Park near where I live. The camera loves these locations at night, a London where only the bad guys come out. The beach at the beginning and the end of the film is Newport Sands in Pembrokeshire where I spent many childhood holidays. There is even a shot of Fishguard with the Royal Oak pub in the background.

    A plot that is deceptively simple, but is it. Does the Clive Owen character really want revenge or is he out of all that now? He doesn't know and he certainly isn't going to tell the audience, we have to do the work and think, something many cinemagoers do not like doing these days. His ambivelence is shown when he goes to kill Malcolm McDowall (in his best role since Gangster No.1.).

    The acting is superb and realistic especially Ken Stott as the rival gang leader who can't tell his left from right. The dialogue is often elliptical leaving us to fill in the gaps, a bit like real life. Owen fills the screen, even when not speaking, he is the smouldering heart of the film with only Charlotte Rampling his equal when both are in shot.

    And thank goodness no tidy endings. I am sure this will go down well in the states who had to show us how good Croupier was. I think its on in about five cinemas in the UK.
    6claudio_carvalho

    Back to the Past

    After the suicide of the small time drug dealer and thief Davey (Jonathan Rhys Meyers), his brother and former powerful gangster Will Graham (Clive Owen), who is living a peaceful recluse life trying to redeem himself from his past, returns to his homeland to investigate the motives for such desperate act. Will hires an independent autopsy and the coroner informs that Davey had been raped the night before his death. Will returns to his past life seeking for revenge.

    "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead" is a deceptive thriller with an absolute absence of originality. In spite of having a great cast leaded by Clive Owen, Charlotte Rampling, Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Malcolm McDowell, and a beautiful and stylish cinematography, the screenplay is very weak and confused, with a storyline similar to many other better movies. The characters are badly developed, and who they are and their motives are disclosed in a confused way. Further, the motives of Boad for the stupidity against Davey are unbelievably ridiculous. My vote is six.

    Title (Brazil):" Vingança Final" ("Final Revenge")

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    Mahershala Ali and Alex R. Hibbert in Moonlight (2016)
    Drama
    Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway in Chinatown (1974)
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    Cho Yeo-jeong in Parasite (2019)
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      The title is derived from the song by the late Warren Zevon.
    • Quotes

      Will: Look at me. Look at what I've become. I sometimes don't talk to another living soul for fucking days, weeks. I'm always on the move. I trust no one, nothing. And it's got fuck-all to do with escape or withdrawal or fear. It's grief. For a life wasted. And now there's Davey. Another fucking wasted life. And I'm gonna find out why.

    • Connections
      Featured in O Lucky Malcolm! (2006)
    • Soundtracks
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      Composed by Simon Fisher-Turner (as Simon Fisher Turner) and Robin Rimbaud

      Recorded by Simon Fisher-Turner (as SFT) and Scanner

      Published by Mute Song Ltd and 3MV Music Publishing/Big Life Music Ltd

      Courtesy of Sulphur Records

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • July 6, 2005 (France)
    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
    • Filming locations
      • Dark Street, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK(Will calling from phone box)
    • Production companies
      • Mosaic Film Group
      • Revere Pictures
      • Will & Company
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $360,759
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $13,415
      • Jun 20, 2004
    • Gross worldwide
      • $490,964
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    Tech specs

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    • Runtime
      • 1h 43m(103 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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