After This Our Exile

After This Our Exile

Directed by Patrick Tam Kar-Ming

Produced by Focus Films Limited, Bona Film Group

2006160 min5.7 / 10

A bleak, intimate portrait of familial dysfunction and sacrifice, where a son's devotion to a broken father becomes both his burden and his tragedy.

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.

Questions people ask

  • Is After This Our Exile sad? Yes, very. More sad than 98% of films.

  • Does After This Our Exile end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 83% of films.

  • Is After This Our Exile easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.

  • Is After This Our Exile scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 61% of films.

  • Is After This Our Exile violent? Somewhat. More violent than 59% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

22/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity44

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise14

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love13

How much audiences actually like it

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