Before What Comes After

Before What Comes After

Directed by Costa-Gavras

Produced by KG Productions

2025100 min5.9 / 10

A meditative philosophical dialogue between a palliative care doctor and a writer grappling with mortality, mortality, and the meaning of life at its end.

In a kind of philosophical dialogue, Doctor Augustin Masset and renowned writer Fabrice Toussaint discuss life and death… A whirlwind of encounters in which the doctor is the guide and the writer, his passenger, led to confront his own fears and anxieties.

Questions people ask

  • Is Before What Comes After violent? No. Less violent than 92% of films.

  • Is Before What Comes After sad? Yes. More sad than 88% of films.

  • Is Before What Comes After scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 65% of films.

  • Is Before What Comes After easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Does Before What Comes After end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

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29/ 100

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Rarity91

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Surprise4

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Love20

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