Afterwards

Emotionally troubled attorney Nathan Del Amico meets a clairvoyant doctor who claims he can predict when someone is going to die. Haunted by a tragic past, Nathan believes he might have the same skill., As helmed by Gilles Bourdos, this supernatural thriller – a Franco-German-Canadian co-production – continues John Malkovich’s career-long tradition of playing offbeat, enigmatic figures with a menacing air. Romain Duris stars as Nathan Del Amico, an attorney doubly haunted by his past, as the survivor of a near-death experience as a child and a witness of his own baby’s death. As a product of these crises, Nathan has buried himself in his work and now suffers from a bad case of familial estrangement from his separated wife Evangeline Lilly and little girl. Then the mysterious Dr. Kay (Malkovich) turns up, claiming that he has clairvoyant visions informing him when someone is about to die – a gift as a “messenger” that enables him to make each person’s transition out of life a smooth and easy one. Suddenly, upon hearing Kay’s claims, Nathan feels his death-laden memories double in intensity – and grows increasingly convinced that either he now stands on the verge of death, or that he has the same messenger abilities as Kay., Nathan Del Amico is a New York lawyer whose professional success led him to neglect his wife and daughter. He has for a long time tried to escape his tragic past. One day he encounters the mysterious Doctor Kay who claims he can sense when someone is about to die. Acting as a “messenger,” Kay’s job is to warn the doomed to put their lives in order before it is too late.