capsule : liebes meets tod .
this was a film about sex and death .
a morgue attendant accidentally revives a dead woman through necrophilia and brings her into his world which is heavy on orgies .
this film says something obscure about the relationship of sex and death , but imparts no insights .
to make matter worse this print was poorly subtitled into english from french .
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– an attractive 18-year-old dies on a disco floor and gets sent to a morgue .
one of the attendants , ben ( jean-marc barr ) is so attracted by her that he attempts necrophilia .
we see him crawling away after a shock .
in the middle of sex the dead teen has come back to life .
– the morgue attendant was just adding a new form of sex to his collection of kinks .
he was already part of a group that gets together for s/m sex .
the revived teen , teresa ( elodie bouchez ) joins them .
– moral dilemma of teresa’s father .
ben has abused his daughter’s body , but in doing so has saved her life .
– part of this opaque allegory is a man saved from suicide who joins in the sexual hijinx .
also involved is a man in the final stages of dying of aids , a close friend of the morgue attendant .
he does not get involved in the orgies .
– the subtitles of our print were white , often on a white background making them often hard to read , but i don’t think there was a whole lot of meaning there that was lost .
– the title means ” don’t let me die on a sunday . “