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Next Life  2026
Director:  Drake Doremus
Producer:
  Drake Doremus, Kate Buckley, Emilia Clarke, Gleb Fetisov, Elika Portnoy and Ben Pugh
Art Director:
  Amber King
Editor:
  Avner Shiloah
Music:
  Dan Romer
Screenplay:
  Drake Doremus
Director of Photography:
  Marianne Bakke
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Cast:
spacer1 Emilia Clarke
spacer1 Édgar Ramírez
spacer1 Jack Farthing
spacer1 Femi Koleoso
spacer1 Adil Akram
spacer1 Ron Cook
spacer1 Richard Curtis
spacer1 Molly Gromadzki
spacer1 Laura Guest
spacer1 Liz Jadav
spacer1 Jennifer Lane
spacer1 Laurent C. Lucas
spacer1 Jessica Martin
spacer1 Manuela Mora
spacer1 Parvinder Shergill
spacer1 Diana Noris Smith
spacer1 Triana Terry
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spacer1 Emilia Clarke spacer1 Édgar Ramírez spacer1 Jack Farthing
spacer1 Femi Koleoso spacer1 Adil Akram spacer1 Ron Cook
spacer1 Richard Curtis spacer1 Molly Gromadzki spacer1 Laura Guest
spacer1 Liz Jadav spacer1 Jennifer Lane spacer1 Laurent C. Lucas
spacer1 Jessica Martin spacer1 Manuela Mora spacer1 Parvinder Shergill
spacer1 Diana Noris Smith spacer1 Triana Terry spacer1
spacer1 Emilia Clarke spacer1 Édgar Ramírez
spacer1 Jack Farthing spacer1 Femi Koleoso
spacer1 Adil Akram spacer1 Ron Cook
spacer1 Richard Curtis spacer1 Molly Gromadzki
spacer1 Laura Guest spacer1 Liz Jadav
spacer1 Jennifer Lane spacer1 Laurent C. Lucas
spacer1 Jessica Martin spacer1 Manuela Mora
spacer1 Parvinder Shergill spacer1 Diana Noris Smith
spacer1 Triana Terry spacer1

Synopsis:
Rushing to her goddaughter's christening, Ivy spills coffee over Diego, a soulful jazz singer, and a romance neither of them expected begins. In another version of that day the accident never happens: she arrives alone and reconnects with Noah, her former fiancé and onetime boss, who once betrayed her and now wants her back. Cutting between the two timelines, the film follows Ivy as she builds a business and plans a family with Noah in a sleek London flat, and, in the other life, sings in smoky jazz clubs and shares an artist's loft with Diego and his children – asking which life, and which man, can give her the love she wants.
Review:
Reviews were mixed. Admirers found Emilia Clarke engaging and easy to invest in, with distinct chemistry opposite each co-star, and Jack Farthing unexpectedly disarming in a role that could have been a cipher; the two timelines are given distinct looks, warmed by Marianne Bakke's photography and Dan Romer's score. Detractors noted that the device is familiar from Sliding Doors, played here with less lightness, and that Doremus tilts the scales so obviously towards one life that Ivy's dilemma carries little weight, with Édgar Ramírez oddly reserved and the film running long. Earnest and soulful, if short of Doremus's best work on Like Crazy.