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At the Meeting with Joyous Death

At the Meeting with Joyous Death

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At the Meeting with Joyous Death

1973

1h 30m

5.3(21 votes)

Horror

Drama

Overview

The premise deals with a family living in a country-house which turns out to be 'alive' – to the point where a TV crew is brought in to 'capture' the paranormal phenomena

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10 featured cast members

Starring

Françoise Fabian

Françoise Fabian

Françoise

Jean-Marc Bory

Jean-Marc Bory

Marc

Jean-Pierre Darras

Jean-Pierre Darras

Peron

Claude Dauphin

Claude Dauphin

Father D'Aval

Michel Creton

Michel Creton

Leroy

Gérard Depardieu

Gérard Depardieu

Beretti

André Weber

André Weber

Kleber

Yasmine Dahm

Sophie

Tony Librizzi

Mario Santini

Creative team

Directed by: Juan Luis Buñuel
Written by: Juan Luis Buñuel
Pierre-Jean Maintigneux

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