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After the Life

Released Jan 1, 2004 2h 0m Crime Drama List
91% Tomatometer 35 Reviews 77% Audience Score 500+ Ratings
In this third part of Lucas Belvaux's genre-hopping trilogy, police officer Pascal Manise (Gilbert Melki) must deal with his drug-addicted wife, Agnès (Dominique Blanc), whose habit leads to a series of problems. Chief among them is Bruno Le Roux (Lucas Belvaux), a fugitive extremist, who encounters Agnès while she's trying to score morphine. Also involved in the drama are Jaquillat (Patrick Descamps), a drug-dealing businessman, and Cécile (Ornella Muti), an unlikely love interest for Pascal. Read More Read Less

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Desson Thomson Washington Post Each movie casts light on the others. And after watching all three, a profound blending of the stories percolates in your head. Jun 18, 2004 Full Review Michael Wilmington Chicago Tribune If On the Run is the most riveting and shocking of the three, and An Amazing Couple the funniest and most engaging, After the Life is the most touching and dramatic. Rated: 4/4 Jun 3, 2004 Full Review Ruthe Stein San Francisco Chronicle [Blanc's] performance is as chilling as Lee Remick's in Days of Wine and Roses. Rated: 3/4 May 28, 2004 Full Review Film Threat Rated: 3/5 Jan 9, 2006 Full Review James Verniere Boston Herald Rated: 3/4 Jul 18, 2005 Full Review Daniel Kasman d+kaz. intelligent movie reviews Rated: D+ Aug 7, 2004 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Génial. Ce sont pas trois films qui raconte une histoire, c'est une histoire filmé 3 fois. Ça se coupe, ça se recoupe et surtout ça se découpe. Les opinions sur certains personnages changent d'un film à l'autre, des personnages qui passent de protagoniste à secondaire: j'insiste, c'est génial. Et pris séparément? Oui c'est possible de n'en voir qu'un des trois: comme c'est possible de manger un éclair au chocolat sans toucher au chocolat... ;-) Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/14/23 Full Review Audience Member The best among the three... Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/16/23 Full Review Audience Member A mildly disappointing end to a superb trilogy. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/12/23 Full Review Audience Member Poor mans three colours trilogy Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/17/23 Full Review Audience Member Please, inject smack into my eye balls. I mean the 1st of these three started so interesting and it ends up like this. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member You know it's hard out here for a lonely disgraced cop in this melodrama, the third in a trilogy of interlocking stories and themes. As with all three films, the whole is greater than its parts, but on its own, 'After Life' is heartfelt, intimate, and elegiac. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/16/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis In this third part of Lucas Belvaux's genre-hopping trilogy, police officer Pascal Manise (Gilbert Melki) must deal with his drug-addicted wife, Agnès (Dominique Blanc), whose habit leads to a series of problems. Chief among them is Bruno Le Roux (Lucas Belvaux), a fugitive extremist, who encounters Agnès while she's trying to score morphine. Also involved in the drama are Jaquillat (Patrick Descamps), a drug-dealing businessman, and Cécile (Ornella Muti), an unlikely love interest for Pascal.
Director
Lucas Belvaux
Producer
Patrick Sobelman
Screenwriter
Lucas Belvaux
Distributor
Magnolia Films
Production Co
Canal Plus Image International, Agat Films & Cie
Genre
Crime, Drama
Original Language
Canadian French
Release Date (Theaters)
Jan 1, 2004, Wide
Box Office (Gross USA)
$26.2K
Runtime
2h 0m