After Love tackles bigamy. After the sudden death of her Pakistani husband Ahmed. His English wife Mary (Joanna Scanlan) who converted Islam and took the Muslim name Fahima learns that he had a long term relationship with a woman in France.
Ahmed worked on the ferries. He regularly travelled between Dover and Calais. To learn more about his double life, Mary sought out Genevieve (Nathalie Richard) who mistook Mary for a cleaner. She also learned that Genevieve had a son with Ahmed. A teenager called Solomon.
Instead of confronting Genevieve, Mary learns more about her late husband's second family.
The directorial debut of Aleem Khan. After Love is a slow burn film, a character study of Mary who is angry at her husband's deception as well as sadness over his death. There are symbolic visions of the cracks in her life. She examines her rotund body after she has met the slimmer Genevieve as her husband's betrayal lingers in her mind.
The film also contrasts the two characters. Mary became a devout Muslim, who learned some Urdu and was able to cook Pakistani food. Genevieve did neither of these things. At one point Mary retorts, 'I did something for my husband that no one else could.' Hence why Ahmed stayed married to her.
In the end After Love is about reconciliation and understanding rather than bitterness. A thoughtful film.
Ahmed worked on the ferries. He regularly travelled between Dover and Calais. To learn more about his double life, Mary sought out Genevieve (Nathalie Richard) who mistook Mary for a cleaner. She also learned that Genevieve had a son with Ahmed. A teenager called Solomon.
Instead of confronting Genevieve, Mary learns more about her late husband's second family.
The directorial debut of Aleem Khan. After Love is a slow burn film, a character study of Mary who is angry at her husband's deception as well as sadness over his death. There are symbolic visions of the cracks in her life. She examines her rotund body after she has met the slimmer Genevieve as her husband's betrayal lingers in her mind.
The film also contrasts the two characters. Mary became a devout Muslim, who learned some Urdu and was able to cook Pakistani food. Genevieve did neither of these things. At one point Mary retorts, 'I did something for my husband that no one else could.' Hence why Ahmed stayed married to her.
In the end After Love is about reconciliation and understanding rather than bitterness. A thoughtful film.