Review: Actress Joanna Scanlan is devastating as a woman facing first grief, then betrayal in a BAFTA-winning performance
Scanlan, a 61-year-old British television veteran anchoring a film for the first time, claimed best actress honors for this wrenching role at last year’s British Academy Film Awards, in a ceremony that otherwise telegraphed every acting win at the Oscars. Now that the movie has landed stateside, American audiences can relish a performance that, despite scant dialogue, speaks volumes about the character’s unmoored emotional state.
“After Love” then allows Mary time to endure Ahmed’s absence, as she wanders Dover’s coastal cliffs, catches herself habitually pouring a cup of tea for her late husband, and listens to his last voice mail over and over. But Mary soon discovers a photo of an unknown woman among Ahmed’s possessions. When she finds texts on Ahmed’s phone that indicate he was having an affair in Calais, the coastal French city he frequented as a ferry captain, she boards a boat in search of answers.
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