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National Theatre Live: After Life (2021)

Directed by Jeremy Herrin

Overview

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.

Length 94 minutes

Actors

Olatunji Ayofe | Niino Furuhata | Danielle Henry | Madeline Holliday | Togo Igawa | Anoushka Lucas | Kevin McMonagle | Jack James Ryan | Simon Startin | Luke Thallon | June Watson | Millicent Wong