Things We Lost in the Fire
Hope comes with letting go.
When Audrey’s (Halle Berry) husband Brian (David Duchovny) is murdered, she becomes closer to his best friend (Benicio Del Toro), a screwed-up drug addict. Director Susanne Bier’s first American film is another display of her knack for emotional dramas where people’s lives fall apart; the script shows similarities between the hardships of drug addiction and grief and how two people understand each other better because of that. Bier also expertly builds our sympathy for the family in the early flashbacks… and when they end give us a chance to join in mourning. Del Toro is obviously perfect for his part, but Berry does a good job as well.
The YouTube clip shows the trailer.
2007-U.S. 120 min. Color. Widescreen. Produced by Sam Mendes, Sam Mercer. Directed by Susanne Bier. Screenplay: Allan Loeb. Cast: Halle Berry (Audrey Burke), Benicio Del Toro (Jerry Sunborne), David Duchovny (Brian Burke), Alexis Llewellyn, Micah Berry, John Carroll Lynch… Alison Lohman.
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