After Love

After Love has the agony of a domestic tragedy and the tension of a Hitchcock thriller.

The Guardian

Archive - Festival 37
Director: Aleem Khan
United Kingdom 2020
89 minutes
English
Subtitles in Hebrew

Set in the port town of Dover in the Southeast of England, Mary Hussain suddenly finds herself a widow following the unexpected death of her husband. A day after the burial, she discovers he has a secret just twenty-one miles across the English Channel in Calais. Armed with a bag and his cellphone, she sets off to uncover the truth.

After Love is a remarkable debut, beautifully directed by Aleem Khan. The quality of the writing and performances - Joanna Scanlan is superb as a woman left reeling – will make you feel you truly know these people.

Feature Debut

Director Aleem Khan
Production Matthieu de Braconie, Gabrielle Dumon
Script Aleem Khan
Editing Gareth C. Scales
Cinematography Alexander Dynan
Music Chris Roe
Actors Joanna Scanlan, Nathalie Richard, Talid Ariss , Nasser Memarzia
Festivals Cannes (Gan Foundation Award for Distribution), Dublin (Best Actress), Thessaloniki (Best Actress), London, Rome, Tokyo
Source Nachshon Films, Ramat Gan