★★★★☆ In writer-director Magnus von Horn's The Here After the past encroaches on the present, poisoning what possibility there may be for one young man's future. As teenager John (Ulrik Munther) is driven away from a detention facility by his father (Mats Blomgren), Lukasz Zal's camera - hued an electric blue and frequently given to long takes and painfully static contemplation - sits in the back seat. As well as the tree-lined road extending out into the Swedish wilderness, a small portion of the screen reflects the rearview mirror and what lies behind father and son, thereby underlining that what has gone before is just as important as what lies ahead.
- 3/12/2016
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
Brutally chilling in the banality of its examination of justice and forgiveness. A deeply unsettling film that challenges the empathy it carefully constructs. I’m “biast” (pro): nothing
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
A young man is being released from a secure facility as The Here After opens. Is it a prison? It looks more like a sort of hospital… but there are locks on the doors to keep people in. The young man is John (Ulrik Munther), and in fact he’s only in his mid teens, as we learn during the very slow reveal of what he has done to warrant being locked up. This first feature from Swedish filmmaker Magnus von Horn is brutally chilling in the banality of John’s reintroduction to his life, and much of its power comes in how no one wants...
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
A young man is being released from a secure facility as The Here After opens. Is it a prison? It looks more like a sort of hospital… but there are locks on the doors to keep people in. The young man is John (Ulrik Munther), and in fact he’s only in his mid teens, as we learn during the very slow reveal of what he has done to warrant being locked up. This first feature from Swedish filmmaker Magnus von Horn is brutally chilling in the banality of John’s reintroduction to his life, and much of its power comes in how no one wants...
- 3/11/2016
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
This knotty psychological study of a teenager who committed a violent crime as a child bubbles with inarticulate rage
John (Ulrik Munther) was a child when he committed his violent crime. And he is still a child when, two years later, having served his sentence in a juvenile offenders unit, he returns to his Swedish small town. He is ready to move on with his life, but the close-knit rural community is not about to forgive him; the quiet, decent townspeople start to look worryingly like a lynch mob. This knotty psychological study is an impressive debut from Poland-based Swedish director Von Horn, boosted in no small way by the striking, austere camerawork from Polish cinematographer Lukas Zal (Ida). The tension between John and his father (Mats Blomgren) manifests itself in savage battles over the correct use of cutlery; the scalding anger that triggered the crime begins to build in John again.
John (Ulrik Munther) was a child when he committed his violent crime. And he is still a child when, two years later, having served his sentence in a juvenile offenders unit, he returns to his Swedish small town. He is ready to move on with his life, but the close-knit rural community is not about to forgive him; the quiet, decent townspeople start to look worryingly like a lynch mob. This knotty psychological study is an impressive debut from Poland-based Swedish director Von Horn, boosted in no small way by the striking, austere camerawork from Polish cinematographer Lukas Zal (Ida). The tension between John and his father (Mats Blomgren) manifests itself in savage battles over the correct use of cutlery; the scalding anger that triggered the crime begins to build in John again.
- 3/10/2016
- by Wendy Ide
- The Guardian - Film News
This knotty psychological study of a teenager who committed a violent crime as a child bubbles with inarticulate rage
John (Ulrik Munther) was a child when he committed his violent crime. And he is still a child when, two years later, having served his sentence in a juvenile offenders unit, he returns to his Swedish small town. He is ready to move on with his life, but the close-knit rural community is not about to forgive him; the quiet, decent townspeople start to look worryingly like a lynch mob. This knotty psychological study is an impressive debut from Poland-based Swedish director Von Horn, boosted in no small way by the striking, austere camerawork from Polish cinematographer Lukas Zal (Ida). The tension between John and his father (Mats Blomgren) manifests itself in savage battles over the correct use of cutlery; the scalding anger that triggered the crime begins to build in John again.
John (Ulrik Munther) was a child when he committed his violent crime. And he is still a child when, two years later, having served his sentence in a juvenile offenders unit, he returns to his Swedish small town. He is ready to move on with his life, but the close-knit rural community is not about to forgive him; the quiet, decent townspeople start to look worryingly like a lynch mob. This knotty psychological study is an impressive debut from Poland-based Swedish director Von Horn, boosted in no small way by the striking, austere camerawork from Polish cinematographer Lukas Zal (Ida). The tension between John and his father (Mats Blomgren) manifests itself in savage battles over the correct use of cutlery; the scalding anger that triggered the crime begins to build in John again.
- 3/10/2016
- by Wendy Ide
- The Guardian - Film News
After moving back to his family home following two years in a correctional institute, distressed teenager John (Ulrik Munther) yearns for a normal life but the town remains shaken by the events surrounding his incarceration. While tensions rise between John and his father (Mats Blomgren), despite forming a good relationship with younger brother Filip (Alexander
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- 9/28/2015
- by Daniel Goodwin
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
If you're into stark and heavy teen dramas, The Here After needs your attention.
Written and directed by Magnus von Horn, it stars Ulrik Munther as John, a teenager that returns to live with his farther after some time away but re-integrating himself into the community and high school is proving difficult. The trailer clearly suggests that John was involved in something that affected a lot of people but it's pretty mysterious on the details – something which the movie's IMDb page doesn't care to spoil so if you're into the mystery, you may want to avoid the movie's listing like the plague.
The trailer is marked by a muted color pallete, minimalist score and the magnetic appeal of Munther.
The Here After will be making its North American debut at Tiff in Se [Continued ...]...
Written and directed by Magnus von Horn, it stars Ulrik Munther as John, a teenager that returns to live with his farther after some time away but re-integrating himself into the community and high school is proving difficult. The trailer clearly suggests that John was involved in something that affected a lot of people but it's pretty mysterious on the details – something which the movie's IMDb page doesn't care to spoil so if you're into the mystery, you may want to avoid the movie's listing like the plague.
The trailer is marked by a muted color pallete, minimalist score and the magnetic appeal of Munther.
The Here After will be making its North American debut at Tiff in Se [Continued ...]...
- 8/25/2015
- QuietEarth.us
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