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Defending Your Life
UNITED STATES · 1991

Defending Your Life

Albert Brooks
afterlife personal growth courage self-doubt romantic connection
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Synopsis

Is there love after death? After he dies suddenly, the hapless advertising executive Daniel Miller finds himself in Judgment City, a gleaming way station where the newly deceased must prove they lived a life of sufficient courage to advance in their journey through the universe. As the self-doubting Daniel struggles to make his case, a budding relationship with the uninhibited Julia offers him a c

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