{"id":25988,"date":"2017-08-06T10:55:08","date_gmt":"2017-08-06T14:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=25988"},"modified":"2017-08-06T10:55:38","modified_gmt":"2017-08-06T14:55:38","slug":"after-love-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/06\/after-love-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"After Love (2017)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>A couple divorcing after 15 years together is navigating life and its changes while still living together and trying to find a way to make things work as best they can.<\/p>\n

Written by Fanny Burdino, Joachim Lafosse, and Mazarine Pingeot, with collaboration by Thomas van Zuyken, After Love is directed by Joachim Lafosse who navigates through this divorce story with an unflinching look at how a couple that is no longer functioning as such try and make things work through their separation, divorce, and division of assets.\u00a0 The film created here is an honest look into the lives of two people who are a bit lost and definitely trying to have a better life.\u00a0 The way this is developed makes it into a realistic look into a divided family unit, a franc view of what it\u2019s like to divorce with two kids in the situation, what it\u2019s like to divorce with assets, and what it\u2019s like to not want to give up on your principles while doing this.<\/p>\n

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This story is one that could have become tired or tiring even, but the cast elevates it to a human level.\u00a0 Berenice Bejo and Cedric Kahn play the divorcing couple and the way they each show emotions and how the ordeal is affecting them is realistic and filled with emotions.\u00a0 They both show different facets of their respective characters, something that is shown through different reactions by each of them, different ways of handling the situation, its difficulties, and its challenges.\u00a0 They chose the downfall of a couple in a way that should reach many viewers by its reality and honesty.\u00a0 Both Bejo and Kahn show the proper amount of emotions and restraint when needed, giving very talented performances with the right nuances and feelings.<\/p>\n

The film being set mostly inside the couple\u2019s home which they still share throughout the separation while working on their divorce makes it that much more personal, that much more real.\u00a0 The house is definitely a nice one, but it has been carefully chosen to be one that looks really lived in by a family.\u00a0 The couple arguing over said house creates a good metaphor for the divorce itself and how they have come to it.\u00a0 This house and how it is viewed is well shown through the cinematography by Jean-Francois Hensgens, showing it as almost a character and definitely as a big part of the story.\u00a0 Every interaction between the couple happens in this house, except for a couple of scenes outside of it.\u00a0 The house represents the heart of their family, their reason for arguing, so the way it\u2019s framed and shown matters more than one might think.\u00a0 The rest of the film, when they are not at home, feels different through the images and how everything is shown.<\/p>\n

After Love is a very realistic, touching, and at times poignant even view on a couple\u2019s separation, divorce, and division of assets.\u00a0 It takes a story that happens to way too many couples and set it in a home, with a family, showcasing real emotions to create a film that is sad and emotional while also almost being hopeful.\u00a0 The cast is perfect for their parts and the film gives an unflinching look into divorce.\u00a0 It\u2019s not a fun watch, but almost a necessary one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A couple divorcing after 15 years together is navigating life and its changes while still living together and trying to find a way to make things work as best they can. Written by Fanny Burdino, Joachim Lafosse, and Mazarine Pingeot, with collaboration by Thomas van Zuyken, After Love is directed by Joachim Lafosse who navigates […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[111,302,340,367],"class_list":["post-25988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-movie-reviews","tag-arthouse","tag-drama","tag-family","tag-foreign"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25988"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25988\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25990,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25988\/revisions\/25990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}