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The Aftermath (2019)

The Aftermath poster
Directed by
James Kent
Genre
drama film
Country
Germany, United Kingdom, United States
Runtime
1h 48m
Rated
R
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 727 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Set in post-World War II Germany, a British colonel and his wife move into a requisitioned Hamburg mansion. They are forced to share the house with its widowed German owner, leading to a tense and tragic love triangle.

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What happens

The Aftermath is a 2019 drama film directed by James Kent and written by Joe Shrapnel and Anna Waterhouse, based on the 2014 novel of the same name by Rhidian Brook. It stars Keira Knightley, Alexander Skarsgård and Jason Clarke. The film had its world premiere at the Glasgow Film Festival on 26 February 2019. It was released in the United States on 15 March 2019, by Fox Searchlight Pictures. It is the last Fox Searchlight Pictures film to be released before the acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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