After Love (L’Economie du Couple)

France / Belgium – 2016 – 100min – Color – Scope – 5.1 – Not Rated – Drama

In French with English Subtitles

Synopsis

From the director of “OUR CHILDREN”, comes the stark story of Boris (Cédric Kahn) and Marie (Bérénice Bejo), a couple who have decided to separate after 15 years together. They have two girls that they adore. However, cash-strapped Boris is still living in the family home. When all is said and done, neither of the two is willing to give up.Now this apartment is a war zone and their situation a nightmare.

Joachim Lafosse captures with great magnitude, the painfully intimate, harrowingly fascinating drama about the emotional and financial complexities of a separation and the complexity of the end of a long love story.

Directed by

Joachim Lafosse

Cast

Bérénice Bejo (The Artist) , Cédric Kahn

Crew

Director Joachim LAFOSSE Screenplay and Dialogues Mazarine PINGEOT, Fanny BURDINO & Joachim LAFOSSE Cinematography Jean-François HENSGENS – A.F.C – S.B.C 

Producers LES FILMS DU WORSO Sylvie PIALAT & Benoit QUAINON (FR) VERSUS PRODUCTION Jacques-Henri & Olivier BRONCKART (BE)

Reactions

“It’s like Ingmar Bergman’s “Scenes from a Marriage” condensed into a shorter timeframe and only a handful of rooms, although its depiction of a crumbling relationship can be just as complex, if not quite as emotionally resonant during its final stages.” – Jordan Mintzer, Hollywood Reporter

“ GREAT INTIMATE FILM Vibrates with exceptional intensity!”— Positif

“Bérénice Bejo and Cédric Kahn star in this superbly acted depiction of a couple reaching the end of the road.” —Wendy Ide, The Guardian

“Unapologetically aimed at the arthouse crowd, this is superior filmmaking. Superbly acted and well written, it stakes its claim in the pantheon of love-gone-wrong watches.”— Andrew Lowry Empire

Awards and Fest

France – Directors Fortnight – Cannes Film Festival

Germany – Munich International Film Festival

Canada – Toronto International Film Festival

Germany – Oldenburg Film Festival

Canada – Vancouver International Film Festival

Brazil – Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival

UK – London Film Festival

USA – Philadelphia International Film Festival

Slovenia – Ljubljana International Film Festival

USA – AFI Fest

Sweden – Stockholm International Film Festival

Taiwan – Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival

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