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  • 2022
  • Unrated
  • Altered Innocence
  • 2 h 9 m
  • 2022
  • Unrated
  • Altered Innocence
  • 2 h 9 m
After Blue (Dirty Paradise)

Summary In a faraway future, on a wild and untamed female inhabited planet called After Blue, a lonely teenager named Roxy (Paula Luna) unknowingly releases a mystical, dangerous, and sensual assassin from her prison. Roxy and her mother Zora (Elina Löwensohn) are held accountable, banished from their community, and forced to track down the murd...

Directed By: Bertrand Mandico

Written By: Bertrand Mandico

  • 2022
  • Unrated
  • Altered Innocence
  • 2 h 9 m
  • 2022
  • Unrated
  • Altered Innocence
  • 2 h 9 m

After Blue (Dirty Paradise)

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 12 Critic Reviews
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Summary In a faraway future, on a wild and untamed female inhabited planet called After Blue, a lonely teenager named Roxy (Paula Luna) unknowingly releases a mystical, dangerous, and sensual assassin from her prison. Roxy and her mother Zora (Elina Löwensohn) are held accountable, banished from their community, and forced to track down the murd...

Directed By: Bertrand Mandico

Written By: Bertrand Mandico

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 12 Critic Reviews
56
42% Positive
5 Reviews
50% Mixed
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8% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 12 Critic Reviews
56
42% Positive
5 Reviews
50% Mixed
6 Reviews
8% Negative
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80
Jun 3, 2022
Though its weak bounty-hunter plot makes almost no sense, After Blue satisfies that thirsty spot in our psyche too few films succeed in tickling, where dreams are born, hormones churn and logic simply doesn’t apply.
By Peter Debruge FULL REVIEW
70
Jun 10, 2022
To enjoy After Blue, one should be open to an experience that overtakes the senses. Despite the long runtime, it offers a wholly unique experience.
By Ferdosa Abdi FULL REVIEW
63
Jun 3, 2022
After Blue advertises itself as a sci-fi/fantasy epic, and although it’s a long and complicated story with many elaborate settings, it ends up feeling small and inconsequential by the end.
By Katie Rife FULL REVIEW
58
Jun 1, 2022
It’s a film that is functioning on a very specific artistic wavelength that requires one to buy into it completely in order to fully appreciate its delights. Whether that specific frequency is too obtuse for all but the most hardcore enthusiasts for ’70s sci-fi is up for debate, but the curious would best be served to experience this strange new world for themselves.
By Leigh Monson FULL REVIEW
55
Jun 16, 2022
To its credit, After Blue is very easy on the eyes, reminiscent of the kitschy, saturated pulp mags Mandico is clearly borrowing from. But its illusory schtick is better suited for a short film, rather than being taffy-pulled into a feature with so many sugary gaps in logic and feeling. You’re better off taking an edible and pressing play on Hounds of Love.
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40
Oct 11, 2022
It’s an overlong, indulgent slog.
By Wendy Ide FULL REVIEW
38
Jun 1, 2022
The pointlessness is the point, and there’s zero entertainment value in that, no matter how many critics throw up their hands and use “fever dream” as a reason to cop out, give it a thumb’s up, and move on.
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Ecce Films, Ha My Productions
Release Date Jun 3, 2022
Duration 2 h 9 m
Rating Unrated
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Website https://www.alteredinnocence.net/afterblue
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Awards

Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations
Locarno International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Fantastic Fest
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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