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National Theatre Live: After Life
National Theatre Live: After Life

National Theatre Live: After Life

If you could spend eternity with just one precious memory, what would it be?

Genres

Drama

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A group of strangers grapple with this impossible question as they find themselves in a bureaucratic waiting room between life and death. Encouraged by enigmatic officials, they must sift through their past lives to choose their forever. Adapted from Hirokazu Kore-eda's award-winning film, After Life is a surreal and powerfully human look at the way we view our lives, and a haunting meditation on what it is to live - and to die.

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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

94 mins

Rating

0/10

Release Date

25 November 2021

Country

United Kingdom

Cast

Olatunji Ayofe

Olatunji Ayofe

Obafemi Taylor

Nino Furuhata

Nino Furuhata

Young Ichiro Watanabe & Henry Thompson

Danielle Henry

Danielle Henry

One

Madeline Holliday

Madeline Holliday

Jill Smart & Young Beatrice

Togo Igawa

Togo Igawa

Ichiro Watanabe

Anoushka Lucas

Anoushka Lucas

Katie Watanabe

Kevin McMonagle

Kevin McMonagle

Five

Jack James Ryan

Jack James Ryan

Actor Harold & Graham Jenkins

Simon Startin

Simon Startin

Three

Luke Thallon

Luke Thallon

Two

June Watson

June Watson

Beatrice Killick

Millicent Wong

Millicent Wong

Four

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