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      After This, Our Exile

      2006 2h 30m Drama List
      Reviews 65% Audience Score 2,500+ Ratings A father turns his son into a thief, and he despises his father for his imprisonment. Read More Read Less

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      Chris Chang Film Comment Magazine Balance in tonality and range, specifically in terms of acting, is a tricky thing in films like these: there's always the risk of the slippery slope of clich. But Tam understands equilibrium. Jun 17, 2013 Full Review David Walsh World Socialist Web Site While there are valuable and psychologically authentic moments in After This Our Exile, the filmmaker ... has not yet worked out or even worked on some of the most vexing historical and social problems. Feb 14, 2021 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Audience Member Patrick Tam's New Wave revisit. Alrightee in general. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Audience Member slow plodding look at a DISFUNCTIONAL family. and as a sidebar who would name their child Boy?/ WTF what happens when they r grown up? Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member Heavily tense drama, emotionally ravaging Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/12/23 Full Review Audience Member It s very challenging in how far it goes to show that a lazy father can sacrifice his son--and a mum simply abandon him-, making it a really depressing movie, but an interesting one because the redemption you would expect never comes. there is no happy ending, and it is admirable, if wrenching, for that reason. loved the cinematography and the Malaysian background. The furniture in the family house is great, and is already shown with the right lighting, but thought the sex scenes were a bit over the top. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Audience Member This movie makes me feel hopeless. But the story may be close to some parts of the reality in some places. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review Audience Member I’ve never watched anything by Patrick Tam before, so I didn’t know what to expect, but if you wanted to see a collection of sad and desperate human beings without the director inserting the obligatory “Look here, sympathise with them!” moments, you get them all here. His hands off approach may be frustrating to some, and because I watched the Director’s Cut (clocking in at a somewhat overly long 2 hours and 40 minutes) the meandering plot isn’t always transparent or emotionally charged, and in fact seems to go in one interminable circle at times, for you don’t see sudden or visible character growth. But it’s very much like the director’s forward – if some part of it touches you, it’s a success. Charlie Yeung is all right; Ng King To didn’t show as much ‘mindblowing’ depth as I expected from him, given his success at the HKFA and Golden Horse Awards, but still a very endearing performance; Aaron Kwok is really good, much better than all the other times he overacts with textbook efficiency, and dare I say, he deserved his Golden Horse. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/03/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis A father turns his son into a thief, and he despises his father for his imprisonment.
      Director
      Patrick Tam
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      Chinese
      Runtime
      2h 30m