Rationale
In a world where logic dictates every decision, a brilliant but emotionally detached mathematician, portrayed by John D...
In the taut psychological thriller "Afterwards," Romain Duris stars as Nathan, a successful and driven New York attorney whose meticulously ordered world is shattered by a mysterious encounter. After a near-fatal accident, he is approached by a enigmatic doctor, played with unsettling intensity by John Malkovich, who claims he can perceive people on the brink of death. This chilling revelation pulls Nathan into a desperate race against time, forcing him to question his own reality and morality as he attempts to intervene in the fates of strangers marked for imminent demise. With his personal life, including his relationship with his wife Evangeline Lilly, unraveling under the strain, Nathan descends into a shadowy realm where the line between life and death blurs. Directed by Gilles Bourdos, the film crafts a suspenseful and atmospheric puzzle, exploring the weight of guilt and the haunting question of whether destiny can be rewritten in its final moments.