After Darkness

After Darkness (1985)

A schizophrenic fear of a memory that threatened to destroy them both.

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.

Date of release
1985-02-01
TMDB
4.8 / 10 (10)
Runtime
1h 44m
Genres
Drama, Horror, Thriller
Director
Sergio Guerraz, Dominique Othenin-Girard

Casting

Interesting facts

After Darkness is a 1985 Swiss-British psychological thriller film directed and written by Dominique Othenin-Girard and Sergio Guerraz. Starring John Hurt, Julian Sands and Victoria Abril, it follows a man who takes his brother out of psychiatric care after a suicide attempt. The film was nominated for the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival and was later restored for a 2025 screening at the Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival.

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