Based on Michel Houellebecq's 1991 essay "To Stay Alive", about struggling artists, the role of the poet, and mental health problems. Featuring marginal artists as well as Houellebecq and Iggy Pop.
CountryNetherlands
Runtime1 hour 10 minutes
Production year2016
World premiere19 November 2016
Release date
9 May 2018
France
21 September 2017
Germany
2 February 2017
Netherlands
Budget€308,000
Also known as
To Stay Alive: A Method, A Feel Good Movie About Suffering, Przeżyć: metoda Houellebecqa, Rester vivant: Méthode