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Movie: Hereafter
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A drama centered on three people each on a path in search of the truth find their lives forever changed by what they believe might-or must-exist in the Hereafter. Each are touched by death in different ways
First a blue-collar American George Lonegan (Matt Damon) who has the ability to speak to the dead but wishes for a life of normalcy not shrouded by the death runs from his family and his gift.
Second a French journalist Marie Lelay(Cécile De France)in Thailand on assignment is on the top of her game before surviving a tsunami. It leaves her tormented by her near death experience and her life is consumed with unanswered questions about what comes next and what she may have seen. With no outlet other then to write she writes a book called Hereafter.
And Third a London school boy named Marcus(Bryce Dallas Howard) who searches for answers after his brother was killed by a car after running from the neighborhood bullies. With his brothers death he finds himself totally alone and having to learn to survive. No longer being able to help his heroin addicted mother without his brothers guidance he is put in foster care and is consumed with finding out what has happened to his twin.
All three end up at the London book fair and so the story of how they saved each other begins. Each find what they are looking for in each other.
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