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The Life After
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The Life After

2013-09-03 · 90 min · ★ 5.5

Drama

Two brothers, Samuel and Rodrigo, live with their mother in a suburban town. One day the mother, who has mental health problems, disappears leaving nothing behind but a note. David Pablos is a young Mexican filmmaker, born in 1982. His first short film, El mundo al atardecer, was made in 2007. La canción de los niños muertos (2008) was his second short film; he presented his first feature-length film Una frontera, todas las fronteras (2010) at the Berlinale Talent Campus before coming to Venice with his second film, La vida despues, for the 70th Venice International Film Festival.

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Directors
David Pablos
Production companies
Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica (CCC)
Countries
Mexico
Status
Released

Top Cast

María Renée PrudencioMaría Renée PrudencioSilvia
Rodrigo AzuelaRodrigo
Américo HollanderAmérico HollanderSamuel
Patricio Hoyo FuertesSamuel Niño
Alexis Garzón EspinosaRodrigo Niño
María Leonor RodríguezMujer Funeraria 1
María Teresa SerraldeMujer Funeraria 2
Luis RicartJoven Gasolinera
Carlos CastellanosMesero
Francisco Javier SánchezMesero 2
Giovanni Juárez GutiérrezMesero 3
Melisa Juárez GutiérrezMesero 4
Nora del CuetoNovia Rodrigo
Lydia MargulesMujer Indigente
Gilberto BarrazaGilberto BarrazaHombre Insultos
Isaac VelascoSoldado 1
Pascasio LópezSoldado 2
Axel ArenasAxel ArenasSoldado 3
Itzel RamírezMujer Bebé
Alberto Wolfgang BischogHombre Bebé

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