Aftermath

Name: Aftermath
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Released: November 1, 2013
Duration: 107 min
Rating: 62

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Menemsha Films | Release Date: November 1, 2013 | Not Rated

Summary: A Polish man who returns home after the death of his father unearths a secret about the now-deceased Jewish residents of his village.

Director: Wladyslaw Pasikowski

Genre(s): Drama, Thriller

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 107 min

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Kenneth Turan

Nov 14, 2013

Aftermath is a bombshell disguised as a thriller. Read full review

R. Kurt Osenlund

Oct 29, 2013

With its slow-burn pacing and horrifying reveals, Aftermath remains a deeply compelling puzzle. Read full review

Bill Goodykoontz

Mar 15, 2014

Although Pasikowski is heavy-handed in his filmmaking, sometimes in the extreme, Aftermath does show the danger inherent in this kind of groupthink. Read full review

Jordan Hoffman

Nov 1, 2013

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. Read full review

Mike Scott

Mar 28, 2014

An uneven but consistently compelling film that, with its roots in the horrors of World War II, generated no small amount of controversy in its native Poland when it was released there in 2012. Read full review

Peter Rainer

Nov 15, 2013

Director Wladyslaw Pasikowski has made the mistake of going about his business as if he were fashioning a horror film. Read full review

Nick Schager

Oct 29, 2013

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. Read full review

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netflic

Nov 17, 2013

According to the authors, this movie is for Poles and about Poles.
Two brothers are in the center of this controversial move, the older one comes from America to visit his younger one after 20 years of living separately. They discovered that their village played a role quite different fromAccording to the authors, this movie is for Poles and about Poles.
Two brothers are in the center of this controversial move, the older one comes from America to visit his younger one after 20 years of living separately. They discovered that their village played a role quite different from the official version during years of Holocaust. They found out much more than they wanted to.

The movie is made as a thriller which I personally do not like. But I understand the intention: the authors wanted a wide audience to see it and discuss it. And they hit the target. Many theaters in Poland banned the movie but it is sold in DVD format in large numbers. Both authors and actors keep receiving death threats for creating the movie. I applaud their bravery.… Expand

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LowbrowCinema

Dec 4, 2013

About as subtle as a sledgehammer, AFTERMATH has an important story to tell about the duplicity of Poland during the Holocaust and tells it like a horror tale from the depths of WWII.

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