The Life After

Sep 3, 2013

1h 30m

★ 5.5

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica (CCC)

The Life After Trailers

Cast

Silvia

María Renée Prudencio

Rodrigo

Rodrigo Azuela

Samuel

Américo Hollander

Samuel Niño

Patricio Hoyo Fuertes

Rodrigo Niño

Alexis Garzón Espinosa

Mujer Funeraria 1

María Leonor Rodríguez

Mujer Funeraria 2

María Teresa Serralde

Joven Gasolinera

Luis Ricart

Mesero

Carlos Castellanos

Mesero 2

Francisco Javier Sánchez

Mesero 3

Giovanni Juárez Gutiérrez

Mesero 4

Melisa Juárez Gutiérrez

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