Dead & Beautiful

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Dead & Beautiful
Directed byDavid Verbeek
Written byDavid Verbeek
Hugh Travers
Produced byErik Glijnis
Leontine Petit
Starring Gijs Blom
Aviis Zhong
Cinematography Jasper Wolf
Edited byAxel Skovdal Roelofs
Music byRutger Reijnders
Release date
  • 2 February 2021 (2021-02-02)
Running time
98 minutes
CountriesNetherlands
Taiwan
Languages English
Mandarin Chinese

Dead & Beautiful is a 2021 drama film directed by David Verbeek. An international co-production of the Netherlands and Taiwan, the film premiered on the International Film Festival Rotterdam. [1] It also played at the Imagine Film Festival and the Netherlands Film Festival. [2] [3]

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Plot

A group of young and spoiled rich kids turn into vampires after a night out, changing the course of their lives and driving a wedge between them all. [4]

Cast

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