'Death does not exist' review: Breathtaking but slippery animated feature faces love in the shadow of death

The world, as we know, crumbles.

Increasing assets, the climate and the continued expansion of the unchecked state violence have all of us on us. It is far from a happy state, but in this difficult but inevitable reality in which filmmaker Félix Dufour-Laperrière does not exist in “Death does not exist”. This is how an engagement with his work has to begin.

Despite his title, this is an impressionistic film very much about how death exists and will pursue us after the moment of loss. Although the subtext does not make 100% explicit, it is based on significantly modern fears about how the world has become of balance. With a simple, but often breathtaking animation to life that can resemble a children's book with a nightmare tone, it is a fable that urges us to see death in our eyes …