When his young daughter's beloved companion, an android named Yang malfunctions, Jake searches for a way to repair him. In the process, Jake discovers the life that has been passing in front of him, reconnecting with his wife and daughter across a distance he didn't know was there.
Justin H. Min Malea Emma Tjandrawidjaja Colin Farrell Jodie Turner-Smith Haley Lu Richardson Sarita Choudhury Ritchie Coster Clifton Collins Jr. Orlagh Cassidy Ava DeMary Lee Wong Brett Dier Eve Lindley Adeline Kerns Ansley Kerns Nana Mensah An-Li Bogan Deborah Hedwall Katie Honaker Alberto Del Saz Jesse Kovarsky Marcella Lewis Maria Majoli Toni Melaas Mina Nishimura Lily Ockwell JC Shuster Megan Williams Taylor Ortega Show All…
Saying Goodbye to Yang, 애프터 양, อาฟเตอร์ หยาง, Despidiendo a Yang, После Янга, A Vida Depois de Yang, Život po Jangovi, 杨之后, Búcsú Yangtól, 人造眷戀, Μετά τον Γιανγκ, אחרי יאנג, იანგის შემდეგ, بعد از ینگ, Yang, Yang'dan Sonra, 楊之後(暫譯), アフター・ヤン, Khoảng Cách Kỳ Lạ, Gyvenimas be Jango, Після Янга
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finally had that feeling i'm searching for every time i go to the movies: that tugging in your chest that signals you're watching something special, a new favorite; every scene, every frame is exactly what you were hoping for and more. WOW it feels good to fall head over heels for a new film again!
in his follow up to the meticulously gorgeous Columbus, Kogonada breaks down the barriers of the traditional nuclear household, positing that true family isn't conjured from blood, but bond. the dynamics of interracial families aren't too often explored in mainstream film, despite the fact that the subject is ripe for artistic dissection - i wonder how my own upbringing would've been reshaped if i had…
goddd, AFTER YANG really hit me hard. gorgeously rendered low-key sci-fi that explores not just what it means to be human, but what it means to be asian. yes, i cried.
the worst thing about losing someone is being forced to do something about everything - that you can feel, can touch - they leave behind
SUNDANCE 2022: film #1
“there’s no something without nothing”
the kind of tender ode to grief that only comes along once in a while and feels equal parts crushing and reassuring. would pair beautifully with world of tomorrow. i replayed the ending scene and credits 4 times and sobbed. the kogonada is loved party is being held at my apartment tonight, BYOB
I could watch that scene where they're talking about tea on a loop for hours.
devoting time to preserving someone’s memory — not the memory of them, but within them. loss, even when processed internally, can feel very selfish. our grief is limited to the memories we hold, or at least it seems that way. what kogonada achieved with after yang is so precious, because it reaches beyond our own limitations. i think loss feels so endless because it’s that separation of putting your own pieces together when what you really want is so much more. you grieve for your own loss, you grieve for the memories that were stopped mid sentence, you grieve for the people that you never met but lost something too, you grieve for everything that hadn’t happened yet. i think that’s why we can feel loss over someone we didn’t know. the knowing of everything that was left in them. and would it be intrusive to extract all that was left? maybe. and maybe it’s just the beginning.
