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Drama

After Love

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Set in the port town of Dover in the South-East of England, Mary Hussain suddenly finds herself a widow following the unexpected death of her husband. A day after the burial, she discovers he has a secret just twenty-one miles across the English Channel in Calais.

Release Date : 2021-06-04

Language :ArabicEnglishFrenchUrdu

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : The BureauBBC FilmBFI

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Joanna Scanlan

Character Name : Mary/Fahima

Original Name : Joanna Scanlan

Gender : Female

Nathalie Richard

Character Name : Genevieve

Original Name : Nathalie Richard

Gender : Female

Nasser Memarzia

Character Name : Ahmed

Original Name : Nasser Memarzia

Gender : Male

Talid Ariss

Character Name : Solomon

Original Name : Talid Ariss

Gender : Male

Sudha Bhuchar

Character Name : Farzanna

Original Name : Sudha Bhuchar

Gender : Female

Nisha Chadha

Character Name : Mina

Original Name : Nisha Chadha

Gender : Male

Jabeen Butt

Character Name : Saadia

Original Name : Jabeen Butt

Gender : Male

Subika Anwar-Khan

Character Name : Salma

Original Name : Subika Anwar-Khan

Gender : Male

Elijah Braik

Character Name : Farooq

Original Name : Elijah Braik

Gender : Male

Adam Karim

Character Name : Imran

Original Name : Adam Karim

Gender : Male

Narayan David Hecter

Character Name : Anthony

Original Name : Narayan David Hecter

Gender : Male

Pierre Delpierre

Character Name : Removal Man

Original Name : Pierre Delpierre

Gender : Male

Jeff Mirza

Character Name : Ahmed (Voice)

Original Name : Jeff Mirza

Gender : Male

Aaron Chawla

Character Name : Young Ahmed (voice)

Original Name : Aaron Chawla

Gender : Male

Reviews

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@Geronimo1967

2022-04-15

Joanna Scanlan is really good here. She is "Mary", a British woman who converted to Islam to better share her life with her husband "Ahmed" whose family hailed from Pakistan. She is desolate when he unexpectedly dies, but discovers he had a secret second family - in France. Determined to meet them, she travels to their home, but her garb leads "Geneviève" (Nathalie Richard) to think she is but their agency cleaning lady. "Mary" plays along as the woman and her teenage son "Solomon" (Farid Ariss) are about to move house. What now becomes clear is that the young man misses his father, has a lively relationship with his mother and well, he too, has his own secret - one that "Mary" discovers as she finds herself drawn into the life of this complicated duo. The production is simple, the story has a straightforward, uncomplicated chronology and the narrative itself is remarkably non-judgmental. It is a story about grief, sure, but it is also one about deceit, about hope and about human nature, anger and affection. All three performances are solid with so much of the delivery from Scanlon based around her expressions, her silences and her mannerisms. There is definitely light at the end of the tunnel at the end for all of them. The religiosity of the theme adds richness, but it isn't essential - this could be a story about any family where the unexpected sheds light on the unimaginable, and it is delivered with a classy and poignant style.