After (2009 film) explained

Director:Alberto Rodríguez
Screenplay:Rafael Cobos
Producer:José Antonio Félez
Cinematography:Alex Catalán
Music:Julio de la Rosa
Editing:José Manuel Moyano
Country:Spain
Distributor:Alta Classics
Language:Spanish

After is a 2009 Spanish drama film directed by Alberto Rodríguez which stars Guillermo Toledo, Tristán Ulloa and Blanca Romero.

Plot

The plot tracks three friends (Julio, Manuel and Ana) nearing their forties with a sort of Peter Pan syndrome and lives full of full of dissatisfaction and loneliness. After they meet up, they embark on an attempt to enjoy the night full of sex, drugs and alcohol.

Production

The film is a Tesela PC and La Zanfoña Producciones production. Featuring a budget of around €2.5 million, filming began on 23 June 2008 and wrapped in September 2008.[1] It was fully shot in Seville.[2]

Release

After screened at the 4th Rome Film Festival on 17 October 2009.[3] Distributed by Alta Films,[4] it was theatrically released in Spain on 23 October 2009.

Reception

Javier Ocaña of El País wrote that Rodríguez's remarkable fourth feature film, consisting of "a journey into the depths of the night", and "led by three superb performances", is a collection of highly effective (even if sometimes overly marked) symbols.[5]

Sergio F. Pinilla of Cinemanía scored 4 out of 5 stars, summing the film to be "a new generational portrait that revolves around the vertices of an isosceles triangle fumigated by sex, drugs and alcohol", knowing "how to transmit the uneasiness, sensuality and truth of a generation that is emotionally hopeless".[6]

Robert Koehler of Variety assessed that the "aggressively vapid" film "is acid noir with a flashy surface", offering "little except examples of how not to live".[7]

Manuel J. Lombardo of Diario de Sevilla wrote that Rodríguez's realistic style is blurred (Seville "never looked so ghostly"), while, vis-à-vis the performances, he pointed out that Guillermo Toledo's lysergic excesses are offset by Tristán Ulloa's neat academic restraint", while Blanca Romero comes out successful of her portrayal of chronic dissatisfaction.[8]

Accolades

|-| align = "center" rowspan = "3" | 2010 || rowspan = "3" | 24th Goya Awards || Best Original Screenplay || Rafael Cobos, Alberto Rodríguez || || rowspan = "3" | [9] |-| Best New Actress || Blanca Romero || |-| Best Cinematography || Alex Catalán ||

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Acaba el rodaje de 'After', la última película del sevillano Alberto Rodríguez. Diario de Mallorca. 11 August 2008.
  2. Web site: Acaba el rodaje de 'After', film del sevillano Alberto Rodríguez. El Correo de Andalucía. 15 September 2009.
  3. Web site: After propone un relato sobre la noche y el exceso. El Día de Córdoba.
  4. Web site: After: tres personajes perdidos en la noche. Cineuropa. 18 October 2009. Sergio. Ríos Pérez.
  5. Web site: Hoy es Nunca Jamás. El País. Javier. Ocaña. 23 October 2009. Javier Ocaña.
  6. Web site: After. Cinemanía. 20minutos.es. 16 October 2009. Sergio F.. Pinilla.
  7. Web site: After. Variety. Robert. Koehler. 30 March 2010.
  8. Web site: Retratos de la insatisfacción. Diario de Sevilla. Manuel J.. Lombardo. 15 October 2009.
  9. Web site: 12 July 2022. After. Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España. premiosgoya.com.