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The Closet
Why this pick
Its tightly engineered comic premise, escalating social discomfort and compassionate view of an ordinary man under pressure echo the humane, character-led chaos of After You.
A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
MOVIE2003 1h 50m FRA
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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CINEHUNCH / THE NEXT FRAME
Keep the feeling.
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The Valet
Why this pick
A reluctant decent man is pulled into an increasingly elaborate lie; the brisk French farce and sympathy for everyone caught in the mess make it a close tonal fit.
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The Dinner Game
Why this pick
This is a deft, escalating chamber farce where one supposedly controlled evening unravels through misunderstandings, with sharp comic timing and unexpected warmth beneath the cruelty.
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Tell No One
Why this pick
For After You’s blend of Parisian everyday life and emotional urgency, this more suspenseful character mystery offers a similarly propulsive pull and compassionate central performance.
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The Suicide Shop
Why this pick
Its darkly comic treatment of despair is more stylized and animated, but it shares After You’s underlying belief that connection can disrupt a life defined by hopelessness.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Antoine (Daniel Auteuil), a head waiter, takes a shortcut through a park one night and spots a young man named Louis attempting to kill himself. He saves him but that henceforth the suicidal man clings to him and asks more and more of him.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Daniel Auteuil
Antoine Letoux
José Garcia
Louis
Sandrine Kiberlain
Blanche Grimaldi
Marilyne Canto
Christine
Michèle Moretti
Martine