Screenplay data
Depressed teacher Anna Bryant, disconnected from her controlling boyfriend Paul and critical mother, dies in a car accident after an argument with Paul and awakens in a funeral home where Eliot, the funeral director, calmly prepares her body despite her pleas. Paul, distraught, repeatedly tries to see Anna but is prevented by Eliot, until Anna's student Jack, who can communicate with the dead, tells Paul that Anna is alive, prompting Paul to confront Eliot and break into the funeral home. Paul exhumes Anna's grave, but she disappears, only to reappear in his car where she seductively greets him before revealing bloody scissors and a blinding light sweeps across his face. Paul then awakens in the funeral home prep room, where Eliot, holding bloody scissors, informs him that he is dead from a car accident, a fact Paul repeatedly denies.
Save the Cat beat sheet
After.Life juxtaposes the emotional death of a marriage with literal death, following Anna’s journey as she awakens in a funeral home and Paul’s desperate search for her.
Open full beat sheetPaul Conran is listed as Lawyer. 30s, Anna's boyfriend/fiancé, anxious and controlling. In the parsed data, Paul Conran is connected to 46 scenes, 150 dialogue lines, 152 text mentions, first appearing around scene 2.
46 scenes / 150 dialogue linesAnna Bryant is listed as Elementary School Teacher. Late 20s, pale blue eyes, appears detached and depressed. In the parsed data, Anna Bryant is connected to 44 scenes, 201 dialogue lines, 203 text mentions, first appearing around scene 2.
44 scenes / 201 dialogue linesELIOT is identified from the parsed character and dialogue data. In the parsed data, ELIOT is connected to 37 scenes, 208 dialogue lines, 516 text mentions, first appearing around scene 6.
37 scenes / 208 dialogue linesJack is listed as Student. 11 years old, serious, bullied, fascinated by death. In the parsed data, Jack is connected to 12 scenes, 40 dialogue lines, 288 text mentions, first appearing around scene 10.
12 scenes / 40 dialogue linesTom Peterson is listed as Police Captain. Paul's friend. In the parsed data, Tom Peterson is connected to 7 scenes, 29 dialogue lines, 30 text mentions, first appearing around scene 76.
7 scenes / 29 dialogue linesFather Graham is listed as Priest. 50s, officiates funerals. In the parsed data, Father Graham is connected to 5 scenes, 7 dialogue lines, 15 text mentions, first appearing around scene 28.
5 scenes / 7 dialogue linesBeatrice is listed as Anna's Mother. 50s, bed-ridden, bitter, critical of Anna. In the parsed data, Beatrice is connected to 4 scenes, 29 dialogue lines, 89 text mentions, first appearing around scene 27.
4 scenes / 29 dialogue linesVINCENT is identified from the parsed character and dialogue data. In the parsed data, VINCENT is connected to 3 scenes, 15 dialogue lines, 32 text mentions, first appearing around scene 139.
3 scenes / 15 dialogue linesDiane is listed as Nurse. 30s, caregiver for Beatrice. In the parsed data, Diane is connected to 3 scenes, 3 dialogue lines, 29 text mentions, first appearing around scene 57.
3 scenes / 3 dialogue linesTEACHER is identified from the parsed character and dialogue data. In the parsed data, TEACHER is connected to 2 scenes, 5 dialogue lines, 16 text mentions, first appearing around scene 51.
2 scenes / 5 dialogue linesASSISTANT is identified from the parsed character and dialogue data. In the parsed data, ASSISTANT is connected to 2 scenes, 5 dialogue lines, 12 text mentions, first appearing around scene 46.
2 scenes / 5 dialogue linesOLD GUY is identified from the parsed character and dialogue data. In the parsed data, OLD GUY is connected to 2 scenes, 4 dialogue lines, 9 text mentions, first appearing around scene 46.
2 scenes / 4 dialogue linesTALL KID is identified from the parsed character and dialogue data. In the parsed data, TALL KID is connected to 2 scenes, 4 dialogue lines, 7 text mentions, first appearing around scene 9.
2 scenes / 4 dialogue linesOLD WOMAN is identified from the parsed character and dialogue data. In the parsed data, OLD WOMAN is connected to 2 scenes, 2 dialogue lines, 16 text mentions, first appearing around scene 26.
2 scenes / 2 dialogue linesMAN'S VOICE is identified from the parsed character and dialogue data. In the parsed data, MAN'S VOICE is connected to 2 scenes, 2 dialogue lines, 2 text mentions, first appearing around scene 76.
2 scenes / 2 dialogue linesMrs. Hutton is listed as Mourner. 60s, widow of James Hutton. In the parsed data, Mrs. Hutton is connected to 1 scene, 5 dialogue lines, 15 text mentions, first appearing around scene 30.
1 scenes / 5 dialogue linesMrs. Ayres is listed as Client. 70s, elderly woman planning her own funeral. In the parsed data, Mrs. Ayres is connected to 1 scene, 3 dialogue lines, 11 text mentions, first appearing around scene 6.
1 scenes / 3 dialogue linesNEAL is identified from the parsed character and dialogue data. In the parsed data, NEAL is connected to 1 scene, 3 dialogue lines, 7 text mentions, first appearing around scene 12.
1 scenes / 3 dialogue linesPOLICE OFFICER is identified from the parsed character and dialogue data. In the parsed data, POLICE OFFICER is connected to 1 scene, 3 dialogue lines, 6 text mentions, first appearing around scene 74.
1 scenes / 3 dialogue linesVincent Merano is listed as Police Officer. Brother of Frank Merano. In the parsed data, Vincent Merano is connected to 1 scene, 2 dialogue lines, 4 text mentions, first appearing around scene 139.
1 scenes / 2 dialogue linesEliot Deane is listed as Funeral Director. 40s, serene, professional, claims to communicate with the dead. In the parsed data, Eliot Deane is connected to 3 text mentions.
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Paul and Anna are having passionless sex when Paul stops, realizing Anna is emotionally absent. A tense conversation ensues where Paul expresses his frustration, culminating in an offensive remark, leading Anna to leave the bed and walk away.
Paul Conran, Anna BryantPaul attempts to connect with a distant Anna in the shower, who denies their relationship is the issue and claims happiness, but her nose begins to bleed, leading to a transition to a new scene featuring a man meticulously washing and gloving his hands.
Paul Conran, Anna BryantThe scene opens on a beautiful, tranquil cemetery in the morning, described as pastoral and idyllic with dappled light falling on statues of grieving angels.
The scene opens on the exterior of a well-maintained funeral home, identified by a sign as 'Eliot Deane. Funeral Home', surrounded by violet tulips.
Funeral director Eliot Deane helps Mrs. Ayres choose a casket for herself, after which she asks him a profound question about death.
ELIOT, Mrs. AyresAnna drives through a suburban town, distracted, and nearly causes an accident after failing to notice a light change, leading to another driver's road rage.
Anna parks her car at an elementary school and heads towards the building.
Jack, an 11-year-old boy, tries to avoid two older bullies in a school corridor but is noticed and pursued, forcing him to hide in an empty classroom.
TALL KIDIn a biology classroom, Jack is bullied by two older boys who knock over a chick incubator, and when teacher Anna arrives, Jack lies about the incident while Anna comforts a frightened chick.
TALL KID, ACNE KID, Anna Bryant, JackAfter school, Anna, a teacher, is in the common room, listlessly correcting exercise books, and takes a pill to help her focus.
Paul and his colleagues are working in a conference room, where they joke about the pizza options before Paul realizes the time and leaves, making a sarcastic comment that amuses everyone but Preppy Guy.
Paul Conran, PREPPY GUY, NEALPaul walks into a law office corridor while dialing his cell phone.
Anna's cell phone rings in the teachers' common room; she checks the caller ID, hesitates, and then answers the call.
Paul, in a law office corridor, discreetly apologizes on his cell phone for a mistake he made earlier that morning.
Paul ConranAnna walks into an empty elementary school corridor and receives a call from Paul, who asks about their plans for the night, but Anna expresses uncertainty.
Paul Conran, Anna BryantPaul, visibly anxious and hiding something, insists to Anna (O.S.) that they must have dinner tonight, despite her suggestion to reschedule. He tries to mask his nervousness when Anna questions him, reiterating his desire for their dinner.
Paul Conran, Anna BryantAnna, despite Paul's reassurances, expresses her worry with a hesitant 'OK,' and Paul responds positively from off-screen.
Paul Conran, Anna BryantPaul reassures an off-screen Anna that everything will be fine, making a promise to her.
Paul Conran, Anna BryantAnna walks through a deserted school corridor as the lights mysteriously go out, leaving her in darkness and fear until a figure appears, which turns out to be Jack, who then easily opens the door she found locked.
Anna Bryant, JackAnna walks Jack to the parking lot, where he tells her elaborate lies about his birthday plans, and she expresses concern about him being bullied. Anna then declines Jack's request to accompany her to a funeral before they part ways.
Anna Bryant, JackAnna gets into her car, turns off loud music, and discovers that both of her pill bottles are empty.
Jack watches Anna drive away, then notices something moving inside his backpack, which he quickly closes before walking away alone.
Anna exits a pharmacy, takes a pill, and then contemplates entering a hair salon, eventually being let in by a freshly coiffured woman.
Anna is at a hair salon, leaning back against a washbasin as a hairdresser rinses dye from her hair, which causes the water in the sink to turn a deep crimson red.
Anna enters her mother's house, admiring her reflection in the hallway mirror, before her mother calls out to her from another room, confirming her arrival.
Anna Bryant, OLD WOMANAnna visits her bedridden mother, Beatrice, who immediately criticizes Anna's appearance and lifestyle, leading to a tense argument about Anna's perceived neglect and her mother's health.
Anna Bryant, BeatriceAt a funeral viewing, Father Graham reads from a lectern while Eliot stands respectfully beside a casket, surrounded by elderly mourners.
Father GrahamAnna, dressed in black, walks along a gravel driveway, stops to gaze at a cemetery, and hears Father Graham's voice delivering a eulogy.
Father GrahamAnna attends a funeral viewing where she speaks with Mrs. Hutton, the widow, who comments on Anna's tired appearance. As Anna approaches the coffin, she experiences a terrifying hallucination of the deceased gasping, while Eliot subtly observes her.
Anna Bryant, ELIOT, Mrs. HuttonEliot pins a polaroid of Hutton in a coffin to the wall in his room, then looks out the window to see Anna struggling to find her keys.
Anna, overcome with emotion, angrily empties her bag and then struggles to compose herself as storm clouds gather on the horizon.
Eliot watches intently as Anna drives away from the funeral home.
Paul attempts to propose to Anna during a dinner, but a misunderstanding about his job transfer to Chicago leads to a public and heated argument, with Anna believing he is leaving her.
Paul Conran, WAITER, Anna BryantAnna, disheveled from the rain, sits in her car trying to compose herself when Paul suddenly appears at her window, startling her.
Paul attempts to open a car door, pleading with Anna to come with him.
Paul ConranAnna, unable to hear over the sound of the rain, shakes her head and puts her car in drive.
Paul stumbles as Anna drives away, stopping her car at the parking lot exit.
Anna looks into her rearview mirror, seeing Paul standing in the rain, and hesitates, contemplating whether to go back to him.
Anna drives away from the restaurant parking lot, leaving Paul alone in the pounding rain.
Anna drives her car on a highway at night during a torrential downpour, still upset and crying, as she tries to call Paul and encounters aggressive drivers. The scene ends with a focus on ominously banging metal pipes on a passing truck.
Anna BryantIn the early morning, Eliot is in a funeral home room, where he washes and dries his hands before putting on latex gloves.
Eliot, a funeral home employee, prepares Anna's body for burial when she suddenly opens her eyes and speaks, confused about her death. Eliot calmly explains she died in a car accident and shows her the death certificate, while Anna repeatedly denies being dead.
Anna Bryant, ELIOTPaul wakes up hungover in his apartment bedroom, alone, and as he gets dressed, a ring box falls from his jacket unnoticed.
Paul enters his kitchen, checks his phone, and then finds a message from Anna on his answering machine, expressing her desire not to end things. Relieved, Paul dials her number.
Anna BryantTwo morgue technicians, an Old Guy and his Assistant, are interrupted by a ringing cell phone from a car crash victim's bag, leading to a discussion about proper procedure for personal effects and what to do with a single shoe found on the table.
OLD GUY, ASSISTANTPaul is on the phone, trying to convince someone to come to Chicago with him and promising to stop by their place.
Paul ConranPaul arrives at a suburban house with flowers, but after ringing the bell and knocking, he finds no one home and the driveway empty, so he leaves.
Paul ConranPaul drives his car and leaves a voicemail for Anna, telling her he just missed her at home and asking her to call him back.
Paul ConranPaul walks through an empty elementary school corridor, holding flowers, as he searches for Anna's classroom.
Paul enters an elementary school classroom looking for his fiancée, Anna Bryant, but the Teacher informs him that Anna did not come to school and has not called in, causing Paul to worry.
TEACHER, Paul ConranAnna, disoriented and believing she is alive, finds herself on a slab in a funeral home prep room with Eliot, who calmly explains she is dead and begins to prepare her body. Despite her pleas and fear, Eliot injects her with a liquid to relax her muscles, just as her mother's car arrives, and Anna's eyes close as Eliot covers her with a sheet.
Anna Bryant, ELIOTEliot, a funeral director, offers condolences to Beatrice, who is in a wheelchair, after the loss of her child, but Beatrice insists on seeing her child despite Eliot's initial hesitation.
Beatrice, ELIOTIn a funeral home prep room, Beatrice mourns over Anna's body with Eliot, the undertaker, and Diane present. Beatrice questions the purpose of preserving the body and expresses her grief, then gives Eliot a specific instruction regarding Anna's hair color for the funeral.
Beatrice, ELIOTEliot watches Beatrice's car drive away from the funeral home driveway.
Paul waits in his car outside the Mother's house, observing Beatrice and Diane arrive, and then grabs the wilting flowers from his passenger seat.
Paul approaches Diane and Beatrice, asking to speak with Anna, but Diane is visibly uncomfortable and invites him inside.
Paul Conran, DianePaul arrives at Beatrice's house and is devastated to learn that Anna, Beatrice's daughter, has died in a car accident, for which Beatrice blames him and refuses to let him near her.
Paul Conran, Beatrice, DianeEliot is in the funeral home kitchen, where he turns on the taps and fills a copper kettle.
Anna wakes abruptly in a silent funeral home prep room, disturbed by an ominous banging pipe, and stares blankly.
Eliot meticulously prepares tea in the funeral home kitchen, placing a kettle on a gas ring and carefully measuring tea into a teapot.
Anna wakes up in a funeral home prep room, discovers she has no pulse or feeling, and, believing she is in shock, tries to escape the locked room while calling for help.
Anna BryantEliot is in his office, preparing tea and whistling, when he hears footsteps outside and sees Paul staring blankly at the funeral home from the driveway.
Paul Conran approaches Eliot, a funeral home director, claiming to be the fiancé of the deceased, Anna Bryant, but Eliot denies his request to see her immediately, leading to Paul's frustrated outburst.
Paul Conran, ELIOTAnna, trapped in the prep room, hears Paul's voice outside and desperately calls out to him while beating on the door.
Anna BryantPaul, distraught and unable to speak, is comforted by Eliot at the funeral home driveway before driving away.
Paul Conran, ELIOTAnna confronts Eliot in the funeral home prep room about a visitor named Paul, whom Eliot prevented from seeing her. Their conversation escalates into an argument about Anna's death and Eliot's role, culminating in Eliot asking Anna for her height for her coffin before leaving her in the dark.
Anna Bryant, ELIOTEliot enters a funeral home hallway, pauses to examine a dead flower petal, and then proceeds towards the casket room.
In a funeral home prep room, Anna, looking dispirited, is drawn to a gurney where she uncovers the dead body of an old woman, causing her to express a profound fear of death.
Anna BryantJack carefully cuts an article about a schoolteacher's death from a local newspaper while the loud sounds of a TV blare from another room.
Jack confronts his mother about not picking him up from school the previous day, but she remains unresponsive.
JackJack furiously cycles through empty suburban streets, stops to consider something, then purposefully cycles away.
Eliot exits the funeral home while Jack secretly watches him from the bushes, quickly hiding when Eliot seems to sense his presence.
Paul visits the police station and briefly speaks with a Police Officer, who offers condolences about Paul's girlfriend and informs him that Captain Tom is currently out. Paul decides to get coffee while waiting, and the officer returns to his phone call, mentioning Paul's situation.
POLICE OFFICER, Paul ConranPaul attempts to get coffee from a malfunctioning machine, gets frustrated, and then notices and approaches a door marked "AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL ONLY."
Paul ConranPaul, in a police garage filled with wrecked cars, hallucinates Anna and a sinister bobblehead doll in her crashed car before being found by Captain Tom Peterson, to whom he expresses denial about Anna's death and asks for help seeing her body.
Tom Peterson, Paul Conran, MAN'S VOICEEliot stops by a thermostat, adjusts it, checks his watch, and then takes out his keys to open the Prep Room door.
Anna, believing she is alive, struggles against Eliot, who insists she is dead and needs to accept her transition, culminating in Anna's emotional breakdown as she confronts her mortality by interacting with another deceased body.
Anna Bryant, ELIOTJack is awake in his bedroom late at night, observing a small chick in a shoebox under a lamp, which he switches off and on again.
Paul stands motionless in his apartment's living room, feeling numb and disoriented, then turns on a CD player, increasing the volume to an unbearable level as the music becomes distorted, suggesting an internal perspective.
ELIOT Mr. Conran. You come to my Funeral Home, making wild accusations. You have no idea what happens when someone dies. What happens to their body. What happens to their soul. You think Anna was alive after the accident? Maybe you're right.
JACK My mom's picking me up. It's my birthday. We're going to MacDonald's. Then on Saturday my mom's taking me to Busch Gardens. We're going to ride the Alpengeist. Continually voted one of the top ten roller coaster rides in America, the Alpengeist is a breathtaking avalanche of adventure.
ANYWAY DIANE-- BEATRICE Fat lot of good she is. I wouldn't have to pay for a Nurse if my only daughter wasn't living in sin with that lawyer of hers. Doing God knows what. They always leave you in the end. You'll see. Just like your father--
PAUL It'll mean more work of course. More responsibility. A lot of changes. But it's an incredible opportunity. I'd be crazy to turn it down. And... ...well I've been thinking. Maybe it's time for us to...
VINCENT (OFFICER) I hope it's no trouble. I'd just like to see him before the funeral.
ANNA No matter what I did everything just stayed the same. I'd wake up. I'd shower. Sit in the same traffic everyday on my way to work. Go home. Go to sleep. Then wake again.
GIRL I am you. I've been waiting for you. You shouldn't have disappointed me.
ELIOT I'm so very sorry Mrs. Bryant. It's always so tragic when you lose a child.
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