Next Life Review: Emilia Clarke Stars in Drake Doremus' Dual-Reality Romance at Tribeca Film Festival
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Pete Hammond
A baker's-dozen of insight crammed into one ring.
Summary
A review of Drake Doremus' film 'Next Life' premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival, starring Emilia Clarke as Ivy, a woman whose life diverges into two different realities based on a pivotal moment during a train ride in London. The film explores alternate life paths and romantic choices, inspired by Doremus' own pandemic-era relationship changes.
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That chance encounter in Madrid has sparked his first film in 7 years, Next Life, if not autobiographically then at least in spirit.
Emilia Clarke's Ivy has a life changing moment while on a train in London. Well actually it is two life changing
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