Synopsis
Two brothers are trying to find out the truth from years ago. The whole town is against them.
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Cast
- Ireneusz CzopFranciszek Kalina
- Maciej StuhrJózef Kalina
- Jerzy RadziwiłowiczProboszcz
- Zuzana FialováJustyna
- Andrzej MastalerzKsiądz Janusz Pawlak
- Zbigniew ZamachowskiSierżant Włodzimierz Nowak
- Danuta SzaflarskaZielarka
- Jerzy SzynkiewiczTaksówkarz
- Wojciech Walasiktaksówkarz
- Anita Poddębniaksklepowa
Recommendations
- 90
Los Angeles Times
Aftermath is a bombshell disguised as a thriller. - 80
Time Out
With its slow-burn pacing and horrifying reveals, Aftermath remains a deeply compelling puzzle. - 70
Village Voice
What gives Aftermath its peculiar strain of portent is Pasikowski's consistent suggestion of the futility of bold, desperate attempts to undo a wrong. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
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. - 63
Slant Magazine
The film isn't so much about the moral atrophy of people who refuse to come to terms with their past as it is about cosmic karma passed from fathers to sons like an ancient curse. - 60
New York Daily News
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. - 58
Christian Science Monitor
Director Wladyslaw Pasikowski has made the mistake of going about his business as if he were fashioning a horror film. - 50
The Dissolve
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.
