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46% Critic Match
After Darkness
“A schizophrenic fear of a memory that threatened to destroy them both.”
4.6 / 10• 1985• 1h 44m•NR• English
DramaHorrorThriller
Storyline
To salve his guilty conscience an elder brother removes his disturbed younger sibling from a mental institution after a suicide attempt and tries to bring him back to mental competency through one on one contact. Free of the institution he continues to be haunted by dreams of a lost twin and chants the eerie phrase "Do I stand before the king?" It is the elder brother that seems doomed to lose himself in his brother's insanity.
Cast & Crew
John Hurt
Peter Hunningford
Lead
Julian Sands
Laurence Hunningford
Victoria Abril
Pascale
Pamela Salem
Elisabeth
GH
Gerd Heinz
Care-taker
LR
Lise Ramu
Wife Care-taker
WJ
William Jacques
Dr. Coles
Jacqueline Moore
Mother Children
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Sergio Guerraz's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. After Darkness is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
