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QUOTES
“intoxicating beauty ... a minimalist mood poem to loss and alienation.”
– New York Times

"visual artistry...nothing short of masterful"
– Los Angeles Times

"the pic plumbs feminine mysteries beyond male ken ... Craig Macneill and Alexei Kaleina's rustic tone poem "The Afterlight," where cryptic images of ominous beauty, held together by pure surface tension, exert a strange fascination."
– Variety

"Alexei Kaleina and Craig Macneill's proudly minimalist affair favors ambiguity over soap-operatics, evoking the inescapable heartache of a loss so great, it cannot be uttered.”
– TimeOut NY

"Stunning cinematic debut ... a film guaranteed to keep you on the edge of your seat."
– i-D Magazine

"A conspicuously beautiful film."
– David Sterritt, National Society of Film Critics

"A genuine American Art Film."
– Mike Wilmington, Movie City News

THEATRICAL SCREENINGS
09/10/10 - 09/16/10
New York, New York
Quad Cinema
United States

03/25/11 - 03/31/11
Chicago, Illinois
Facets Cinematheque
United States

06/02/11
Walton, New York
Walton Theatre
United States

09/02/11 - 09/08/11
Seattle, Washington
Grand Illusion Seattle
United States

09/02/11 - 09/08/11
Los Angeles, California
Downtown Independent
United States

LOGLINE
In a haunting and beautiful countryside, a young couple hopes to start a new life. Andrew and Claire find themselves far from their roots. They move into an old schooldhouse that sits on a farm owned by an elderly widow and her blind niece, Maria. The couple’s arrival sets off events that will alter all the lives of everyone around them. As tensions build, a late summer thunderstorm and a solar eclipse trigger dark outcomes.

CAST
Michael Kelly, Jicky Schnee, Ana Asensio, and Rip Torn.

RUNNING TIME
TRT: 87 minutes.