Movie

After This Our Exile

2006 · 160 min

A slow, wrenching plunge into a broken family, watching a boy's innocence erode under neglect and poverty.

Overview: After his mother flees the family home, a son turns to thieving in order to support his father, an abusive sort who is addicted to gambling.
How it feels: Bleak, melancholic, tense and dark. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Family, parenthood, grief, politics
Content: Strong violence. Mild gore, sexual content and language.
Note: Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

Your rating is saved. See your suggestions, or find titles like this one below.

Rate it, and Mesmero finds titles that feel like it. You do not need an account.

Add to a list: After This Our Exile

In the USNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.

In your watch list

More like this

Like After This Our Exile, but

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown

Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
parenthood
grief
politics
betrayal
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild