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Living Afterwards

2011

A quiet, melancholic study of grief and family distance, slow and observational, with moments of warmth from an unexpected connection.

Directed by
Géraldine Doignon
Genres
Drama
Starring
Yoann Blanc, Christian Crahay, Anne-Pascale Clairembourg
Overview
Henri has just lost his wife after 40 years of life together. They used to run a family hotel in the belgian countryside. Dominique, Ludovic and Louis, his 3 children, are keen to sell the hotel and start new lives, far away from the memory of their mother. Without facing up to or sharing their father’s grief, they take matters in hand. But the arrival of Alice, a young woman who’s 8 months’ pregnant, turns their plans upside down. Henri reopens the hotel for her and, as he can’t seem to talk to his children, makes her his confidante.

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Directed by
Géraldine Doignon
Genres
Drama
Starring
Yoann Blanc, Christian Crahay, Anne-Pascale Clairembourg
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • family
  • isolation
  • parenthood
  • healing
Places
  • countryside
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism8
Romance1
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Genres
drama
Directed by
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Starring
Yoann Blanc, Christian Crahay, Anne-Pascale Clairembourg, Pedro Cabanas, Mathylde Demarez, Raphaële Germser
Country
Belgium
Languages
French

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