What keeps the film so fascinating is how even its protagonists are greatly flawed. While certainly upsetting, Aftermath takes a look at the dangers inherent in an abundance of truth.
Aftermath(Pokłosie)
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Poland, Russia, Netherlands · 2012
1h 47m
Director Władysław Pasikowski
Starring Ireneusz Czop, Maciej Stuhr, Jerzy Radziwiłowicz, Zuzana Fialová
Genre Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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A peaceful village in the Polish countryside has a dark secret. Brothers Jozek and Franek return home after their father's death and discover this shocking secret. The revelation of this information forces them to revise their perception of their father, their entire family, their neighbors, and their nation's history.
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
The Hollywood Reporter by John DeFore
Aftermath's avoidance of Holocaust-film tropes lets the picture address weighty historical and moral issues while fitting into the genre shoes of a small-town thriller.
Los Angeles Times by Kenneth Turan
Aftermath is a bombshell disguised as a thriller.
Pasikowski isn’t interested in actual characters or narrative nuance; rather, the prime concern here is censuring Polish anti-Semitism, which, no matter how righteous an aim, eventually comes at the expense of engaging storytelling.
Christian Science Monitor by Peter Rainer
Director Wladyslaw Pasikowski has made the mistake of going about his business as if he were fashioning a horror film.
The idea of framing Holocaust atrocities in contemporary genre terms, although intriguing, is not without its perils, and the secret, when revealed, looms too large to fit within the plot’s parameters, creating strange disconnects between form and content.
The New York Times by Stephen Holden
Delivers its Holocaust-related story with the clunking force of a blunt instrument slammed into the skull.
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