A Matter of Life and Death

When British pilot Peter Carter (David Niven) miraculously survives a fiery plane crash, his feat proves to be a problem for the afterlife’s administrators, who believe he was meant to die. Set between a monochrome heaven and a Technicolour earth, Powell & Pressburger’s magical wartime fantasy is a sublime showcase for the pair at their most vibrant, imaginative, and swooningly romantic.