AfterLife
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AfterLife is a 2003 film drama set in Scotland
directed by Alison Peebles and original screen play by Andrea Gibb. An ambitious Scottish journalist forced to choose between his high-flying career or caring for his younger sister who has Down's Syndrome.
Afterlife won the Audience Award at The Edinburgh Film Festival 2003.
Stars Lindsay Duncan
, with Kevin McKidd
and Shirley Henderson
. Newcomer Paula Sage
holds her own as the Bingo-playing sister Roberta. Sage's role won her a BAFTA Scotland award for best first time performance and Best Actress in the Bratislava International Film Festival, 2004.
James Laurenson
and Isla Blair
also have acting roles.
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
directed by Alison Peebles and original screen play by Andrea Gibb. An ambitious Scottish journalist forced to choose between his high-flying career or caring for his younger sister who has Down's Syndrome.
Afterlife won the Audience Award at The Edinburgh Film Festival 2003.
Stars Lindsay Duncan
Lindsay Duncan
Lindsay Vere Duncan, CBE is a Scottish stage, television and film actress. On stage she won two Olivier Awards and a Tony Award for her performance in Les Liaisons dangereuses and Private Lives , and she starred in several plays by Harold Pinter. Her most famous roles on television include:...
, with Kevin McKidd
Kevin McKidd
Kevin McKidd is a Scottish television and film actor and director. Before playing the role of Owen Hunt in Grey's Anatomy, McKidd starred as Lucius Vorenus in the historical drama series Rome, and provided the voice of Captain John "Soap" Mactavish in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and the sequel...
and Shirley Henderson
Shirley Henderson
Shirley Henderson is a Scottish actress. She is perhaps best known for her role as Moaning Myrtle in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire .-Early life:...
. Newcomer Paula Sage
Paula Sage
Paula Sage is a Scottish actress, Special Olympics netball player, and advocate for people with Down's syndrome from Cumbernauld.-Biography:She is an ambassador for Down's Syndrome Scotland and Mencap, and a patron of the Ann Craft Trust....
holds her own as the Bingo-playing sister Roberta. Sage's role won her a BAFTA Scotland award for best first time performance and Best Actress in the Bratislava International Film Festival, 2004.
James Laurenson
James Laurenson
James Laurenson is a New Zealand actor, who has performed many classical roles on stage and television.Laurenson was born in Marton, New Zealand...
and Isla Blair
Isla Blair
Isla Blair is an India-born actress of British descent. She made her first stage appearance in 1963 as Philia in the London debut of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum and her first credited film appearance in the 1965 horror film Dr. Terror's House of Horrors.- Biography :Isla Blair...
also have acting roles.
Cast
- Lindsay Duncan as May Brogan
- Kevin McKidd as Kenny Brogan
- Paula Sage as Roberta Brogan
- James Laurenson as Professor Wilkinshaw
- Shirley Henderson as Ruby
- Fiona Bell as Lucy
- Anthony Strachan as Mike
- Emma D'Inverno as Rosa Mendoza
- Eddie Marsan as Walters Jez
- Isla Blair as Jackson, Dr
- Stuart Davids as Big Tony
- Julie Austin as Foghorn Heather
- Martin Carroll as Bingo manager
- Maureen Carr as Cissie
- Molly Innes as Social worker
- Isabelle Joss as Care home nurse
- Julie Wilson Nimmo as Hospital nurse
- Alison Peebles as Radiographer