2009 · drama
Afterschool
Directed by Antonio Campos1h 47m2009
A prep-school student accidentally films the drug-related deaths of two classmates, then is asked to put together a memorial video.
Our read: Afterschool (2009) reads as a heavy, measured, inventive drama entry — extreme in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Heavy, measured, extreme drama, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- measured
- intense
- inventive
- bleak
- cold
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