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After Darkness(1985)
Status: Released
Date: 1985-02-01
46%
9 Votes
Time: 1h 44m
A schizophrenic fear of a memory that threatened to destroy them both.
Overview:
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
Switzerland
ProductionCompanies: 
Ecco AG
Green Man Prodcutions
Movie: After Darkness
Top 10 Billed Cast
John Hurt
Peter Hunningford
Julian Sands
Laurence Hunningford
Victoria Abril
Pascale
Pamela Salem
Elisabeth
Jacqueline Moore
Mother Children
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Overview
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.
Release Date
1985-02-01
Average
4.556
Rating:
2.3 startsTagline
A schizophrenic fear of a memory that threatened to destroy them both.
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