Et après (2009)
Directed by Gilles Bourdos

Film Synopsis

In 1972, Nathan Del Amico had a near death experience.  He was eight at the time, and it was whilst he was rushing to fetch help for his drowning sister that he was struck by a car and sent into a deep coma.  Miraculously, he survived and grew up to become a successful lawyer.  Living a comfortable life in New York, he is now married to Claire and has two children, Tracy and Paul.  Nathan couldn't be happier with the way his life has turned out, until the terrible day when his beloved son is taken him from him by the thing that every parent dreads - sudden infant death syndrome.  Nathan is so traumatised by the loss of his little boy that he buries himself in his work.  In doing so, he becomes ever more estranged from his wife, and in the end she abandons him, taking their daughter with her.

One day, Nathan is visited by a strange doctor, Joseph Kay, who claims to know when people are about to die from the invisible aura that surrounds them.  This curious individual takes it upon himself to help others who are close to death to sort out their lives before they depart for the undiscovered country from which there is no return.  Thinking that Kay is some kind of madman, Nathan refuses to take him seriously.  But then he begins to experience some strange phenomenon that cause him to wonder whether Dr Kay is what he pretends to be - a man with an unerring ability to spot those who are closest to death.  Fearing that his life is nearing its end, Nathan hastily sets about trying to patch things up with his wife and daughter...