National Theatre Live: After Life
If you could spend eternity with just one precious memory, what would it be?
2021 · 1h 34m · N/A Drama
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.
Director and cast
- Olatunji Ayofe as Obafemi Taylor
- Nino Furuhata as Young Ichiro Watanabe & Henry Thompson
- Danielle Henry as One
- Madeline Holliday as Jill Smart & Young Beatrice
- Togo Igawa as Ichiro Watanabe
- Anoushka Lucas as Katie Watanabe
- Kevin McMonagle as Five
- Jack James Ryan as Actor Harold & Graham Jenkins
- Simon Startin as Three
- Luke Thallon as Two
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