

The Dead Don't Hurt
In the 1860s, fiercely independent French-Canadian Vivienne Le Coudy embarks on a journey with Danish immigrant Holger Olsen, attempting to forge a life together in the dusty town of Elk Flats, Nevada. When Holger decides to go fight for the Union in the burgeoning Civil War, Vivienne must fend for herself, which isn't easy in a town controlled by a corrupt mayor.
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6.5/10
230 votes
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
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- Box office
- $970.1K
- Language
- Danish
- immigration
- leaving one's family
- sexual violence
- american civil war
- 1860s
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Canada, Denmark, Mexico, United Kingdom, United States of America
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United StatesUS
- Theatrical (limited)R31 May 2024
United KingdomGB
- PremiereGlasgow Film Festival3 Mar 2024
- Theatrical157 Jun 2024
- Digital / OTT22 Jul 2024
- Physical15Blu-ray12 Aug 2024
AustraliaAU
- PremiereMSydney Film Festival6 Jun 2024
- PremiereMMelbourne International Film Festival24 Aug 2024
- TheatricalM5 Dec 2024
- PhysicalM16 Apr 2025
CanadaCA
- PremiereToronto International Film Festival8 Sept 2023
ArgentinaAR
- Theatrical9 Jan 2025
BelgiumBE
- Theatrical (limited)1 May 2024
BrazilBR
- Digital / OTT16Telecine3 Dec 2024
ColombiaCO
- Theatrical12 Jun 2025
CzechiaCZ
- Theatrical12+4 Jul 2024
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical15Distributed by Scanbox13 Jun 2024
EcuadorEC
- Theatrical31 May 2024
FranceFR
- Theatrical1 May 2024
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The Dead Don't Hurt was released on 1 May 2024.
Audience reviews
2- C7/10
CinemaSerf
3/6/2024
Despite the fact that the plot has plenty of holes, this western just about works. It's all about the determined "Vivienne" (Vicky Krieps), very much a woman in a man's world of pioneering in the 1860s. She encounters the honest and thoughtful "Olsen" (Viggo Mortensen) and travels to his remote, and rather ramshackle, shack where they begin to make an home for themselves. He takes a job as their sheriff and she, a li…
- R5/10
r96sk
6/13/2024
I almost warmed to it by its conclusion, but I don't think I can describe <em>'The Dead Don’t Hurt'</em> as anything that I rate well. I found no interest in anything that was onscreen, disappointingly. The story failed to grab me and the characters that portray it aren't at a good standard either, in my opinion of course. Vicky Krieps does her best and is probably the movie's standout. I do like Garret Dillahunt,…
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