Things We Lost in the Fire

Director: Susanne Bier

Cast: Halle Berry, Benicio Del Toro, David Duchovny, Alison Lohman, John Carroll Lynch, Alexis Llewellyn, Micah Berry

(Paramount Pictures, 2007) Rated: R

US DVD release date: 4 March 2008 (Dreamworks)

[14 March 2008]

by Matt Mazur

The film’s treatment of how one navigates the grief process, and the hidden trauma that follows inexplicable loss, is sensitive and thought-provoking.

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