Depeche Mode: M

Depeche Mode: M

Directed by Fernando Frias de la Parra

Cinematographer by Damian Garcia

Producer by Stacy Perskie Kaniss, Nina Soriano, Saul Levitz

Editor by Yibran Asuad, Melisa San Vincente, Liora Spilk

Cast by Depeche Mode

Feature | United States, Mexico | 95 MINUTES | English

Documentary, Music

Rock ‘n’ roll and death have endured a relationship in a variety of ways over the past 70 years, perhaps in a way no more unique than demonstrated in Depeche Mode: M. Mexican director Fernando Frías (I’m No Longer Here, TF ‘20) explores his country’s cultural obsession with mortality through the spectacle of Depeche Mode’s three nights of triumphant, sold out 2023 concerts in Mexico City. Through the narration of actor Daniel Giménez Cacho, Frías contemplates death in a straight line: from the Aztec god Mictlantecuhtli to Dia de Los Muertos to the band performing their “Memento Mori” album — a collection of songs written during the COVID-19 pandemic and and further jolted by the sudden 2022 death of co-founder Andy Fletcher. Frías stylistically and dynamically captures the intensity of the songs that command the huge crowds’ rapt attention and participation, all in sync. Punctuated with comments from audience members, artists and cultural commentators, Depeche Mode: M explores a cornerstone of Mexican identity, a great band reinventing themselves, and the musical and spiritual convergence that occurs when the two intersect.—Brian Gordon

After the Premiere: A live conversation with Depeche Mode and director Fernando Frías moderated by New York Magazine and Vulture's Bilge Ebiri.





Fans will get their first chance to see the newly announced Depeche Mode film “Depeche Mode: M” this summer at its world premiere during the 2025 Tribeca Festival. The New York-based film festival runs from June 4 to June 15, with the premiere of the film scheduled for June 5. Following the screening, there will also be a live conversation with director Fernando Frias.

The film features live footage from Depeche Mode’s three sold-out concerts at Sol Stadium in Mexico City, Mexico, recorded in 2023. It weaves together these powerful performances with the central themes of Depeche Mode’s 2023 studio album Momento Memori – life, death, and remembrance – highlighting the deep cultural resonance between their music and Mexican symbolism.

"Depeche Mode: M" Tribeca Premiere

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In The End
Written by Martin L. Gore & Richard Butler
(Lyrics were jotted down, can't say they are at all accurate, if u use them please make that clear)

There’s no one
Going nowhere
We’re all nothing
In the end
We're weightless
Floating endlessly
We'll be dust again
In the end

Are you forever looking back
At the past between the cracks
Inventing sense when none is at
Throwing sparks into the black
Heaven knows what's underneath
I use these words without belief
Does heaven help you when you pray
I don't think so anyway

There’s no one
Going nowhere
We’re all nothing
In the end
We're weightless
Floating endlessly
We'll be dust again
In the end

These are complicated days
Chaos, confusion and decay
I couldn’t lie to endless pray
On the nights you laid awake
As the makeup gets applied
Seconds etching out the lines
All this emptiness inside
Nothing shiny or divine

There’s no one
Going nowhere
We’re all nothing
In the end
We're weightless
Floating endlessly
We'll be dust again
In the end

We're waiting
For the day
For hope to come our way
For something to believe in
To nullify these feeling
Looking for a sign
A light to guide the blind
To save us from our death throes
Waiting all the time
I know

There’s no one
Going nowhere
We’re all nothing
In the end
We're weightless
Floating endlessly
We'll be dust again
In the end