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Life After You

2022 · 90 min

A quiet, heavy watch that sits with a grieving family and asks uncomfortable questions without easy answers.

Directed by: Sarah T. Schwab
Genres: Drama
Starring: Florencia Lozano, Gary Perez, Domenica Feraud

Overview: A suburban family struggles with the death of their 19 year-old son, following an overdose of heroin that was laced with fentanyl. The film explores the question of who and what is responsible for this tragedy.

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Directed by: Sarah T. Schwab
Genres: Drama
Starring: Florencia Lozano, Gary Perez, Domenica Feraud

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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: grief
family
addiction
guilt
morality
Places: suburbs
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language strong
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Scales, 0 to 10
Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	2
Horror	2
Humour	2
Realism	8
Romance	2
Tension	6
Darkness	8
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	9

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Sarah T. Schwab
Written by: Sarah T. Schwab, Florencia Lozano
Starring: Florencia Lozano, Gary Perez, Domenica Feraud, Erick Betancourt, Jake Ryan Lozano, Kathryn Erbe, Craig muMs Grant, Kelley Rae O'Donnell
Runtime: 90 min

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