After the Life

An interesting and largely successful experiment: three films in three different genres following the same characters. On the Run is a thriller about Bruno, an old-school political radical trying to re-live the glory days of the revolution after a prison-break. An Amazing Couple is a romantic comedy, a farcical and yet realistic look at a woman who suspects that her husband is cheating. After the Life is a crime-melodrama that ties up loose ends from the first two movies as time catches up with Bruno and his cohorts. Spot-on cinematography by Pierre Milon (The Little Thief) and the variable directing style of Lucas Belvaux neatly captures the different genres, and the acting is impeccable. Plus, they’re French, but not too French.