The Afterlight

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The Afterlight

Released Sep 10, 2010

1h 27m

Drama

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8 Reviews

86%

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Fewer than 50 Ratings

A young couple move into an old schoolhouse to start their lives over, but they are drawn into dark and unforeseen situations.

Gary Goldstein

Los Angeles Times

It's hard to embrace this glacially paced, symbolism-heavy film's elusive - when it's not being elliptical - story about a city couple's escape to rural life.

Rated: 2.5/5

Sep 2, 2011

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Bill Stamets

Chicago Sun-Times

Unfortunately, the subdued tone only adds distance, not depth, to their unstated issues.

Rated: 2/4

Jul 6, 2011

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J. R. Jones

Chicago Reader

Promises more illumination than it delivers.

Jul 6, 2011

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Michael Wilmington

Movie City News

The director-writer-editor pair, and cinematographer White, show a sheer love of moviemaking that often makes their film a joy to watch.

Rated: 3/4

Jul 6, 2011

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Avi Offer

NYC Movie Guru

A quietly intense, engrossing and intelligent drama brimming with haunting imagery and poignant lyricism.

Rated: 8.199/10

Sep 9, 2010

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The majority of the film is very quiet, too quiet if you ask me. First half of the film is almost completely devoid of dialogue and plot progression. It isn't until 45 minutes into the story do things become slightly interesting. But sadly that is short lived at the film climaxes in an absurd and unusual manner living many questions unanswered and many more arise. The visual style is like fluid poetry which does make it worth looking at.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/06/23

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Synopsis

A young couple move into an old schoolhouse to start their lives over, but they are drawn into dark and unforeseen situations.

Director: Alexei Kaleina, Craig Macneill
Producer: Pegah Easton, Alexandre Fuchs
Screenwriter: Alexei Kaleina, Craig Macneill
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 10, 2010, Original
Release Date (DVD): Dec 6, 2011
Runtime: 1h 27m