After Love

(L’économie du couple, Joachim Lafosse, France/Belgium 2016, 100 min., DCP, French w/subtitles)

Rochester Premiere. From the director of Our Children comes the stark story of Boris (Cédric Kahn) and Marie (Bérénice Bejo), a couple who have decided to separate after fifteen years together. They have two girls that they adore. However, cash-strapped Boris is still living in the family home. When all is said and done, neither of the two is willing to give up. Now this apartment is a war zone and their situation a nightmare. Joachim Lafosse captures with great magnitude the painfully intimate, harrowingly fascinating drama about the emotional and financial complexities of a separation and the end of a long love story.

“It’s like Ingmar Bergman’s Scenes from a Marriage, condensed into a shorter timeframe and only a handful of rooms.” – Jordan Mintzer, Hollywood Reporter