Beautiful, interesting, incredible cinema.
AFTERGLOW
Synopsis
Lucky Mann is a builder equally handy at repairs and seduction. The latest housewife to succumb to his charms is Marianne, unhappily married to corporate exec Jeffrey. When Jeffrey becomes enraptured by Lucky’s wife Phyllis, the four get caught in a love quadrangle that reignites their marriages.
Synopsis
Lucky Mann is a builder equally handy at repairs and seduction. The latest housewife to succumb to his charms is Marianne, unhappily married to corporate exec Jeffrey. When Jeffrey becomes enraptured by Lucky’s wife Phyllis, the four get caught in a love quadrangle that reignites their marriages.
Our take
Written and directed by the great Alan Rudolph, and produced by Robert Altman, this freewheeling comic-drama is an under-seen ’90s gem. Starring Nick Nolte and a magnificent, Oscar®-nominated Julie Christie, Afterglow is a gloriously offbeat romantic farce from a true genre maverick.