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Actors: Dominique Blanc, Gilbert Melki, Ornella Muti, Catherine Frot, François Morel, Lucas Belvaux
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about After the Life |
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After "Cavale" and "An Amazing Couple", shot with the same actors, AFTER THE LIFE (Après la vie) is the third installment of the Belgian director Lucas Belvaux 2002 trilogy.
Pascal is police inspector in Grenoble, France. He's married to Agnès, an English teacher. For the last eight years, Pascal has managed to give his wife, a drug addict, her daily dose of morphine. Now when Bruno le Roux, an escaped convict, is seen in the city, Pascal is asked by his drug provider Jacquillat to kill Bruno le Roux without giving him the chance to surrender to the police forces. Jacquillat is afraid that Bruno may talk to the police about their former criminal partnership. Pascal refuses and Jacquillat tells him he won't have any morphine more for his wife until he plays according his rules.
The next days are a nightmare for Agnès who suffers from the lack of morphine and she will even try to buy drugs but lamentably fails. Pascal is torn by his wife's suffering. Furthermore, it seems that nobody around him is able to give him even the slightest dose of drugs.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of After the Life |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Time/era of movie:
- present (2000-2010)
Inner struggle or disability
Yes
Crime & Scandal
Yes
Blackmail & Seduction?
Yes
Druggie/Wino problems?
- drugs
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- police/lawman
Age:
- 40's-50's
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard curly
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- sad
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (woman) long straight
Body type
- (woman) very skinny
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) fat
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- France
City?
Yes
Misc setting
- school
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- thoughtful
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- French
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
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