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Afterwards

Year:

2009

Duration:

Canada:107 min (Toronto International Film Festival) | Argentina:104 min

Genres:

Drama | Mystery | Thriller

IMDB rate:

5.9

Director:

Gilles Bourdos

Awards:

1 win

Details

Country: Germany

Release Date: 2009-01-14

Filming Locations: Alamogordo, New Mexico, USA

Earnings

Budget: $15,400,000

Opening Weekend: €825,672 (France) (18 January 2009)

Gross: €51,686 (Belgium) (25 January 2009)

Cast

Actor

Character

Sally Taylor-Isherwood

Sophi Knight

Romain Duris

Nathan

John Malkovich

Kay

Evangeline Lilly

Claire

Pascale Bussières

Anna

Sara Waisglass

Tracey

Reece Thompson

Jeremy (as Reece Daniel Thompson)

Bruno Verdoni

Doctor

Joan Gregson

Mother in law

Mark Camacho

Lawyer

Robin Wilcock

Lawyer

Edward Yankie

Lawyer

Carlo Mestroni

Lawyer

Glenda Braganza

Rachel

Leni Parker

Admission clerk

Henri Pardo

Haitian spokesman

Morgan Rouchy

Nathan 10 yrs (as Morgan Costa Rouchy)

Lois Dellar

Volunteer

Jason Cavalier

Young guy

Brigitte Catillon

Translator

Simone-Élise Girard

Nathan's mother

Sara Bradeen

Claire's mother

Marcel Jeannin

Claire's father

Randy Blair

Evangelist

James Arden

Dennis

Ryann Trofimczuk

Tracey 4 yrs

Holly O'Brien

Ordely

Robert Robinson

PCU patient

Mireille Metellus

Haitian woman

Sergei Priselkov

Rachevsky (as Sergey Prisselkov)

Marianne Farley

Judy

Alex Kudrytsky

Ivan

Ludmila Shenker

Grandmother

Scott Faulconbridge

Intern

Nancy-Ann Michaud

Bank teller (as Nancy Ann Michaud)

Charles-Olivier Pelletier

Anna's son

George Lagodich

Orthodox priest (as Father George Lagodich)

Paul Aranas

MTA employee

Catrina Ganey

Subway woman

Jude Beny

Bank woman

Marina Lapina

Russian woman

Ivan Smith

NYPD cop

Linda Smith

Female bank customer

Cory Fantie

Male bank customer

Emile Dessureault

Paul (as Émile Dessureault)

Théophile Desmarais-Labbé

Paul

Pascal Anctil

Passer-by (uncredited)

Brooke Campbell

Passenger (uncredited)

Dave Colon

Airline Traveler (uncredited)

Louise Devery

Paramedic (uncredited)

Lars Engstrom

Evangelist's Companion (uncredited)

Tanisha Grant

Passenger (uncredited)

Davis Hall

Subway Man (uncredited)

Donny Quinn

Paramedic (uncredited)

David Rigby

Bank Guard #2 (uncredited)

Ferelith Young

Bank Teller (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Guillaume Musso, the author of the source novel, has declared he liked the film, and praised it for its "poetic, mysterious and dramatic atmosphere", its "constant tension" and its "never-slowing pace".

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Composer Alexandre Desplat described his score as "action music that toys with your emotions".

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To find the deep meaning of his film, director/co-writer Gilles Bourdos was inspired by a quote from former French President François Mitterrand, which translates to "Beauty is in the moment, which is something we always find out too late".

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Goofs

In the scene where Nathan approaches an ambulance from behind, his feet are reflected in the shiny metal at the bottom of the vehicle's rear doors. Also reflected are the feet of the cameraman following him.

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Quotes

Tracey: When we die they put us into the ground, and slugs eat us, of course, and then we disappear. And then we don't exist any more.

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Tracey: [beckoning] Swannie... Come over here... Come to me... Nice, swan.

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Mother in law: It's not a mother's job to bury her daughter!

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