To Stay Alive: A Method

2016·Movie·1h 10m

Documentary, Music

5.7 / 10 (13 votes)

A feel good movie about suffering

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.

Directed by: Arno Hagers, Reinier van Brummelen, Erik Lieshout
Original language: English
Released: 19 November 2016

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Cast

Michel Houellebecq
Vincent
Iggy Pop
Self / Narrator
AC
Anne Claire Bourdin
Anne Claire
JT
Jérôme Tessier
Jérôme
RC
Robert Combas
Robert
Jd
Joseph d'Angelo
Self - Psychiatrist
JB
Jean-Paul Bourdin
Self
DB
Danielle Bourdin
Self