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After Love SHARE BUTTON We’ve seen so many dramas exploring failed relationships recently that it can seem like a crowded market; what more can be said on the subject? With After Love, Belgium’s Joachim LaFosse takes a unique ap- proach in two distinct ways. NJ STAGE 2017 - Vol. 4 No. 7 by Eric Hillis While recent movies on this topic (Blue Valentine, The Bro- ken Circle Breakdown) have con- trasted the end of relationships with their beginnings, LaFosse’s movie begins long after things have broken down between his protagonists, pragmatic Marie INDEX NEXT ARTICLE 86