Hereafter
Hereafter is a 2010 American fantasy disaster film directed, co-produced, and scored by Clint Eastwood from a screenplay written by Peter Morgan. It tells three parallel stories about three people affected by death in similar waysall three have issues of communicating with the dead; Matt Damon plays American factory worker George Lonegan, who is able to communicate with the dead and who has worked professionally as a clairvoyant, but no longer wants to communicate with the dead; Cécile de France plays French television journalist Marie Lelay, who survives a near-death experience during the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami; and British schoolboy Marcus (played by Frankie and George McLaren), who loses the person closest to him. Bryce Dallas Howard, Lyndsey Marshal, Jay Mohr and Thierry Neuvic have supporting roles.
Plot
On assignment in Thailand, French television journalist Marie Lelay is caught in the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. Pulled lifeless from the water, onlookers try to resuscitate her but leave her for dead. She gasps back to life after glimpsing the afterlife. Marie is reunited with her lover Didier after and they return to Paris. The experience interferes with her work, so Didier (also her producer) gives her a leave of absence.
Awards
Cast
- Bryce Dallas Howard
- Cécile de France
- Céline Sallette
- Charlie Creed-Miles
- Claire Price
- Derek Jacobi
- Frankie and George McLaren
- Franz Drameh
- Jay Mohr
- Jean-Yves Berteloot
- Jenifer Lewis
- John Nielsen
- Laurent Bateau
- Lyndsey Marshal
- Marthe Keller
- Mathew Baynton
- Matt Damon
- Mylène Jampanoï
- Richard Kind
- Selina Cadell
- Stéphane Freiss
- Steve Schirripa
- Thierry Neuvic
- Tom Beard
- Tom Price