Review The Aftermath (2018)

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Post World War II, a British colonel and his wife are assigned to live in Hamburg during the post-war reconstruction, but tensions arise with the German who previously owned the house.

 

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The Aftermath




Fox Searchlight has set an April 26th 2019 release for the war drama “The Aftermath”. Set in Germany in 1946, Keira Knightley plays the wife of a British colonel (Jason Clarke) who discovers he has made a decision to move them to a new home in Germany, where they will share it with the previous owners, a widower (Alexander Skarsgard) and his troubled daughter.

As the four begin living together, the atmosphere becomes charged and tense and the feelings of anger and grief give way to passion and betrayal. Joe Shrapnel and Anna Waterhouse penned the film which is being helmed by James Kent (“Testament of Youth”). Ridley Scott is producing.

 

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Also today, Fox Searchlight’s “The Aftermath, which was originally scheduled to open April 26th, has been moved up to March 15th.

The film is set in post-World War II Germany in 1946 and follows Rachel Morgan (Keira Knightley), the wife of a British colonel who discovers he has made a decision to move them to a new home in Germany, where they will share it with the previous owners, a German widower (Alexander Skarsgard) and his troubled daughter.

 

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Filmmaker James Kent (“Testament of Youth”) helms this adaptation of Rhidian Brook’s best-selling novel set in Germany 1946. Keira Knightley plays a woman stunned to discover that they will be sharing her new house with its previous owners, a German widower (Alexander Skarsgard) and his troubled daughter. The charged atmosphere of the house gives way to passion and betrayal.

 

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The Aftermath (2019) ⭐ 6.3 | Drama, Romance, War

1h 48m | R

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The Aftermath reviewed by Mark Kermode