Product: After The Wedding (Despues De La Boda) [NTSC/REGION 1 & 4 DVD. Import-Latin America] (2006)
Rating: 5.0
After the Cinema
It would be a shame to spill the story of this movie! Other reviewers have callously done so; don't read them! The artistic triumph of After The Wedding is the slow revelation of plausibility and motivation where at first there seems to be only implausible coincidence and random behavior.It's a sad movie with scenes of genuine love. If you automatically find sadness just a synonym for depression, you won't like it. Is it a melodrama? Perhaps, but it probes far deeper into the emotional cores of its four main characters than any melodrama I've seen since Bergman.Is it a pleasure to watch? I found it so, chiefly for the riveting performances of the actors, especially Rolf Lassgard as Jorgen, whose actions are pivotal in the lives of the others. The cinematography is also truly skillful; each visual has emotional weight. Mainly, I confess, my pleasure came from watching virtuosic acting and directing for a rare change, rather than from the content of the film.