Trilogy: Après la vie - After life

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Movie
German title Trilogy: Après la vie - After life
Original title Après la vie
Country of production France , Belgium
original language French
Publishing year 2002
length 124 minutes
Rod
Director Lucas Belvaux
script Lucas Belvaux
production Diana Elbaum ,
Patrick Sobelman
music Riccardo Del Fra
camera Pierre Milon
cut Danielle Anezin
occupation
chronology

←  Predecessor
Cavale

Trilogy: Après la vie - After life (Alternative title: Après la vie - After life , After life , Trilogy of passions - After life ; Original title: Après la vie ) is a French - Belgian film drama from 2002 . It was directed by Lucas Belvaux , who also wrote the script. It is after Cavale - On the run and trilogy: Un couple épatant - A great couple around the third film in Belvaux's trilogy of passions .

action

The teacher Agnès Manise, who lives in Grenoble and has been a drug addict for years, hides her addiction from those around her. She is married to Pascal, a policeman who gets her drugs. Pascal's contact person demands that the policeman find Bruno Le Roux, who has escaped from a detention center, and kill him. Pascal refuses, whereupon the deliveries are stopped.

By chance, Agnès later meets Le Roux, who tries to kill the drug dealer. She befriends him.

Reviews

Jamie Russell wrote for the BBC on November 30, 2003 that the film was rich and compelling work. He delves into the psychology of his characters, especially that of Pascal Manise, the balance between police work, illegal machinations and the love for his wife. The film is linked to the other two films in the trilogy, which can be seen in any order.

Desson Thomson wrote in the Washington Post on June 18, 2004 that the film was a sober melodrama reminiscent of the works of Fassbinder . It shows the same characters as the other two films in the trilogy, but the perspective changes every time - as does the genre.

The lexicon of international films wrote that the film was "a subtle melodrama about love, addiction and morality, conceived partly as a psychological chamber play, partly as a thriller in which a lot is only hinted at" .

Awards

The film received the César in 2004 for editing . Lucas Belvaux was nominated for the César as both director and screenwriter. In 2005 it won the Chlotrudis Award in both categories , which the film also received for the cast and for Best Picture .

Lucas Belvaux received the Louis Delluc Prize in 2003 and was nominated for the Golden Ear of the Valladolid International Film Festival . In 2004 he received the Étoile d'Or as a director ; he also received the award of the 2004 Syndicat Français de la Critique de Cinéma as the best French film and was nominated for the Belgian Joseph Plateau Award.

backgrounds

The world premiere took place on September 12, 2002 at the Toronto International Film Festival . On October 6, 2002, the film was shown at the Chicago International Film Festival , which was followed by several other film festivals. It grossed around 39,000 US dollars in selected US cinemas .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jamie Russell review, accessed March 27, 2008
  2. ^ A film review by Desson Thomson, accessed March 27, 2008
  3. ^ Trilogy: Après la vie - After Life in the Lexicon of International FilmsTemplate: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used , accessed on March 27, 2008
  4. ↑ Après la vie premiere dates, accessed on March 27, 2008
  5. ↑ Box office results for après la vie, accessed on March 27, 2008