THE DEAD DON’T HURT is a story of star-crossed lovers on the western U.S. frontier in the 1860s. Vivienne Le Coudy (Vicky Krieps) is a fiercely independent woman who embarks on a relationship with Danish immigrant Holger Olsen (Viggo Mortensen). After meeting Olsen in San Francisco, she agrees to travel with him to his home near the quiet town of Elk Flats, Nevada, where they start a life together. The outbreak of the civil war separates them when Olsen makes a fateful decision to fight for the Union. This leaves Vivienne to fend for herself in a place controlled by corrupt Mayor Rudolph Schiller (Danny Huston) and his unscrupulous business partner, powerful rancher Alfred Jeffries (Garret Dillahunt). Alfred’s violent, wayward son Weston (Solly McLeod) aggressively pursues Vivienne, who is determined to resist his unwanted advances. When Olsen returns from the war, he and Vivienne must confront and make peace with the person each has become. Both a tragic love story and a nuanced depiction of the conflict between revenge and forgiveness, THE DEAD DON’T HURT is a portrait of a passionate woman determined to stand up for herself in an unforgiving world dominated by ruthless men.
The Dead Don't Hurt is in US cinemas on 31st May 2024. It then opens in UK and Irish cinemas on 7th June 2024.
Written By: Viggo Mortensen
Co-Producers: Gia Galligani, Angela Blair.
Director of Photography By: Marcel Zyskind, DFF
Production Design By: Carol Spier, Jason Clarke
Edited By: Peder Pedersen
Costume Design By: Anne Dixon
Composer: Viggo Mortensen
Starring Vicky Krieps, Viggo Mortensen, Solly McLeod, Garret Dillahunt, Colin Morgan, Ray McKinnon, W. Earl Brown, newcomer Atlas Green, and Danny Huston
Directed By Viggo Mortensen
Produced By Regina Solórzano of Talipot Studio, Jeremy Thomas of Recorded Picture Company, and Viggo Mortensen of Perceval Pictures.
Executive Produced By
Roberto Paxson, Gabriel Terrazas, Ivan Kelava, Daniel Berkerman, Jesper Morthorst, Paula Astorga Riestra, Peter Watson
The Dead Don't Hurt is in US cinemas on 31st May 2024. It then opens in UK and Irish cinemas on 7th June 2024.
Written By: Viggo Mortensen
Co-Producers: Gia Galligani, Angela Blair.
Director of Photography By: Marcel Zyskind, DFF
Production Design By: Carol Spier, Jason Clarke
Edited By: Peder Pedersen
Costume Design By: Anne Dixon
Composer: Viggo Mortensen
Starring Vicky Krieps, Viggo Mortensen, Solly McLeod, Garret Dillahunt, Colin Morgan, Ray McKinnon, W. Earl Brown, newcomer Atlas Green, and Danny Huston
Directed By Viggo Mortensen
Produced By Regina Solórzano of Talipot Studio, Jeremy Thomas of Recorded Picture Company, and Viggo Mortensen of Perceval Pictures.
Executive Produced By
Roberto Paxson, Gabriel Terrazas, Ivan Kelava, Daniel Berkerman, Jesper Morthorst, Paula Astorga Riestra, Peter Watson
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Short filmTranscript
00:01No, Waxton!
00:06Damn you, Waxton! God damn it!
00:12So where are you from?
00:13Vivienne.
00:14It's a very long story.
00:16I have plenty of time.
00:20Why did you go to San Francisco?
00:22To see the end of the world.
00:24This is it? No flowers, no garden at all? You live like a dog.
00:28A happy dog.
00:31You're still a dog.
00:34Can I have your attention? We need volunteers. We want to fight to save the Union.
00:37We're looking for men of honor.
00:40I'm thinking about enlisting.
00:42This is not your country.
00:43It's the right thing to do.
00:44We have a life together now.
00:46It is only beginning.
00:51No sense being all alone on a night like this.
00:53I am fine, Mr. Jeffries.
00:55You most certainly are.
01:00It makes no sense for you to be here now.
01:07You're going to be a problem, Mr. Schiller.
01:09I don't believe so, Alfred.
01:13I shouldn't have left.
01:15I never wanted to be saved.
01:30You