DreamWorks Pictures Presents
A Neal Street Production
Things We Lost in the Fire (2007)
DIRECTOR: Susanne Bier
WRITER: Allan Loeb
PRODUCERS: Sam Mendes and Sam Mercer
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Tom Stern
EDITOR: Pernille Bech Christensen and Bruce Cannon, A.C.E.
PRODUCTION DESIGNER: Richard Sherman
COSTUMER DESIGNER: Karen Matthews
COMPOSER: Johan Söderqvist

Starring: Halle Berry, Benicio Del Toro, David Duchovny, Omar Benson Miller, Alison Lohman, John Carroll Lynch, Alexis Llewellyn and Micah Berry

Opening date:  Friday, October 19, 2007
Running time:  112 minutes
Rating:  MPAA – R for drug content and language

Fresh off an Oscar nod for her film, After the Wedding, Susanne Bier directs the new drama, Things We Lost in the Fire, starring Academy Award winners Halle Berry (Monster’s Ball) and Benicio Del Toro (Traffic), the compelling story of two people brought together by fate.

Berry as Audrey and Del Toro as Jerry.

The police arrive at the home of Audrey Burke (Halle Berry) and her family to deliver the shocking news that Audrey’s warm and loving husband, Brian (David Duchovny) has been killed in a random act of violence.  The sudden death of her husband shatters Audrey’s life and leaves her adrift.  In her grief, she turns to one of her husband’s life-long friends, Jerry Sunborne (Benicio Del Toro), a former lawyer and drug addict who is on a serious downward spiral.

Audrey is desperate to fill the void caused by Brian’s death, so she invites Jerry to move into the room adjacent to their garage in the hope that his presence can help her and her two children, Harper (Alexis Llewellyn) and Dory (Micah Berry,) cope with their sudden loss.  Jerry, however, faces a daily battle to stay off drugs, but acting as a surrogate parent to Harper and Dory helps him.  Together, Audrey and Jerry work to repair their lives.

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