After the Life: Trilogy 3 (2002)
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After Life is the third film in Lucas Belvaux's ambitious Trilogy, following On the Run, a thriller, and An Amazing Couple, a romantic comedy. After Life features the same characters as the other two films and happens over the same time period, but it's a melodrama, and the focus is on… More After Life is the third film in Lucas Belvaux's ambitious Trilogy, following On the Run, a thriller, and An Amazing Couple, a romantic comedy. After Life features the same characters as the other two films and happens over the same time period, but it's a melodrama, and the focus is on Pascal (Gilbert Melki), a cop, and his wife, Agnes (Dominique Blanc), a teacher, who is also a morphine addict. Agnes depends on Pascal to supply her with morphine, and he in turn has an arrangement to procure the drug from a nefarious local businessman, Jaquillat (Patrick Descamps). When a violent radical leftist, Bruno (Belvaux), escapes from prison and kills an associate of Jaquillat's, Jaquillat threatens to withhold Pascal's morphine supply until Bruno is dead. As his wife's mental and physical health deteriorates, Pascal feels compelled to subvert his moral qualms about turning the criminal over. His investigation leads him to detain Jeanne (Catherine Frot), a co-worker of Agnes' with past ties to Bruno. Cécile (Ornella Muti), another of Agnes' co-workers, begins to suspect that her husband, Alain (François Morel), is having an affair, and asks Pascal to look into it. Pascal finds his interest in the case is more than professional when he begins to develop feelings for Cécile. Meanwhile, Agnes, feeling neglected and desperate, goes out into the street to try to find her fix. She ends up running into Bruno, and the two forge an unlikely alliance. Belvaux's Trilogy was shown at the 2003 Tribeca Film Festival. ~ Josh Ralske, Rovi
- Directed By
- Lucas Belvaux
- Written By
- Lucas Belvaux
- Genres
- Art House & International, Drama
R,
- In Theaters
- Oct 6, 2002 Wide
- On DVD
- Jul 19, 2005
- Studio
- Magnolia Pictures
Critic Reviews
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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.
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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.
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Ruthe Stein, San Francisco Chronicle
[Blanc's] performance is as chilling as Lee Remick's in Days of Wine and Roses.
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Jeff Shannon, Seattle Times
While it functions independently as a sad, ultimately moving portrait of a deeply codependent couple, the film also emerges as the most richly resonant of The Trilogy.
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Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post
The Trilogy's amazing partnership is Agnès and Pascal's. With After the Life's tango of enabler and addict, Belvaux finally delivers emotional resonance.
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Cast
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Ornella Muti
as Cecile Costes
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François Morel
as Alain Costes
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Dominique Blanc
as Agnes Manise
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Gilbert Melki
as Pascal Manise
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Lucas Belvaux
as Bruno Le Roux (aka Pierre)
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Catherine Frot
as Jeanne
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Patrick Descamps
as Jaquillat
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Valérie Mairesse
as Claire
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Raphaele Godin
as Louise
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Bernard Mazzinghi
as Georges Colinet
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Pierre Gérard
as Olivier
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Christiane Yves
as Freddy
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Alexis Tomassian
as Banane
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Jean-Baptiste Montagut
as Henri
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Olivier Darimont
as Francis
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Patrick Depeyra
as Vincent
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Christine Henkart
as Mme. Guiot
- Yves Claessens
