Afterglow (1997)

Directed by

Alan Rudolph

Genre

drama film, romantic comedy film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 54m

Rated

R

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 40 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two married couples get drawn into affairs with each other's partners. The story follows the emotional fallout as they navigate attraction and dissatisfaction in their relationships.

bittersweetwrycontemplativeunderstatedromanticmelancholicadultatmospheric

What happens

Afterglow is a 1997 American comedy-drama film directed and written by Alan Rudolph and starring Nick Nolte, Julie Christie, Lara Flynn Boyle and Jonny Lee Miller. It was produced by Robert Altman and filmed in Montreal. Christie's performance earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. The film is about two married couples who end up attracted to each other's partners. Rudolph called it "intentionally a grown-up cousin of Choose Me." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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