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MONEY
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Earned back only 18% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
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Things We Lost in the Fire
"Hope comes with letting go."
2007 1h 53m EN
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6.6
SOLID
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65%
FRESH
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63
METACRITIC
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7.1
IMDB
★6.6TMDB · 405🍅65%Rotten Tomatoes●63Metacritic★7.1IMDB · 30,013
Drama
Synopsis
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A recent widow invites her husband's troubled best friend to live with her and her two children. As he gradually turns his life around, he helps the family cope and confront their loss.
“Hope comes with letting go.”
Cast
Halle Berry
Audrey Burke
Benicio del Toro
Jerry Sunborne
David Duchovny
Steven Burke
Alison Lohman
Kelly
Omar Benson Miller
Neal
John Carroll Lynch
Howard Glassman
Alexis Llewellyn
Harper Burke
Micah Berry
Dory Burke
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Susanne Bier
- Writers
- Allan Loeb
- Languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
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ERA
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Released 19 years ago.
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DIRECTOR
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Directed by Susanne Bier, shot by Tom Stern. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
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DIRECTOR
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Original score by Johan Söderqvist. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
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DIRECTOR
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Editor Pernille Bech Christensen shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
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CAST
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Halle Berry and Benicio del Toro and David Duchovny carry the top of the cast.
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FACT
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Marketing tagline: "Hope comes with letting go.".
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WILD
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IMDB entry: tt0469623 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Susanne Bier directs. Tom Stern behind the camera. Johan Söderqvist scores. Pernille Bech Christensen cuts. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Earned back only 18% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
- 2Released 19 years ago.
- 3Directed by Susanne Bier, shot by Tom Stern. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 4Original score by Johan Söderqvist. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
- 5Editor Pernille Bech Christensen shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 6Halle Berry and Benicio del Toro and David Duchovny carry the top of the cast.
- 7Marketing tagline: "Hope comes with letting go.".
- 8IMDB entry: tt0469623 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 9Classified under 19 themes, including "funeral", "loss of loved one", "widow", "heroin".
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Tom Stern
- Original score
- Johan Söderqvist
- Editing
- Pernille Bech Christensen
- Production design
- Richard Sherman
- Costume design
- Karen L. Matthews
- Makeup / hair
- Gail Rowell-Ryan
- Runtime
- 113 min · 1h 53m
- Aspect ratio (typical)
- 1.37:1 (Academy)
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $16,000,000
- Box office
- $2,849,142
- Return
- 18% of budget
- Original language
- EN
- Certification (US)
- R
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 65% 🍅 Fresh
- Metacritic
- 63/100
- IMDB rating
- 7.1/10 · 30,013 votes
- MPAA
- R
Awards
3 wins & 2 nominations
Also by
Susanne Bier
Stills · wallpapers
Selected frames
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Trailers & featurettes
Watch the pieces
Production companies
Who made it
Neal Street Productions
GB
DreamWorks Pictures
US
Key crew
- ProducerSam Mendes
- ProducerSam Mercer
- Executive ProducerMark Sourian
- Executive ProducerAllan Loeb
- Executive ProducerJeremy Kramer
- ProducerBarbara Kelly
- Executive ProducerPippa Harris
- EditorPernille Bech Christensen
- EditorBruce Cannon
- CastingHeike Brandstatter
- CastingCoreen Mayrs
- CastingDebra Zane
- Art DirectionGeoff Wallace
- Costume DesignKaren L. Matthews
- Set DecorationDominique Fauquet-Lemaitre
- Production DesignRichard Sherman
- StuntsJames Bamford
- Assistant Art DirectorJennifer Donaldson
- Casting AssociateTannis Vallely
- Assistant Costume DesignerJana MacDonald
- Costume SupervisorSteve Holloway
- Music EditorSuzana Perić
- Music SupervisorSusan Jacobs
- Script SupervisorHelga Ungurait
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- funeral
- loss of loved one
- widow
- heroin
- sadness
- junkie
- beauty
- charity
- substitute
- best friend
- woman director
- anxious
- cautionary
- dramatic
- apathetic
- appreciative
- complicated
- enraged
- tragic
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical2007-09-26R
Also known as
International titles
- Noi due sconosciutiIT
- Cosas que perdimos en el fuegoES
- Hoffnung beginnt mit LoslassenDE
- Eine neue ChanceDE
- Things We Lost in the Fire - Hoffnung beginnt mit LoslassenDE
