Meanwhile, Stephen’s daughter, Freda, befriends with a boy who wants to recruit her in the Neo-Nazism in order to gain control back in Germany. As Rachael realizes she is on the verge on losing what is left of her marriage, she finds solace in the widowed husband, Stephen Lubert, who lives one floor above and with time their relationship grows into dangerous territory where their feelings for one another inevitability results a secret infidelity. Knightley beautifully and stunningly portrays the melancholy Rachael who not only is trying to find her place in history, but is also slowly getting on with her life in the wake of her son’s death, and to salvage the relationship she once had with her husband, Lewis, who has preoccupied himself in the reconstruction efforts as an ulterior motive to avoid any discussion of their late son. With the backdrop story in mind, each character will be tried and tested with a moral and philosophical question throughout this film: how will they to choose to appropriately respond to the devastating effects left in the aftermath as well as with the tragic losses in their person lives? Moreover, this tragedy coincides with the loss of Lubert’s wife and Freda’s mother during the war. ![]() Very early on in the movie, the Morgan’s are still coping with the loss of their son, Michael (played by Frederick Preston), who tragically died in a bombing accident on July 2, 1942. Lewis is a British colonel who is assigned in Hamburg to assist with the post-war reconstruction. ![]() Staring an ensemble cast of A-list actors – Keira Knightley, Jason Clarke, Alexander Skarsgard, and Flora Thiemann – The Aftermath takes place in the wake of World War II where an English woman, Rachael Morgan (Knightley), is reunited with her English husband, Lewis Morgan (Clarke), in a new home located in Hamburg, Germany, that belongs to a previous owner, Stephen Lubert (Skarsgard) with his daughter, Freda (Thiemann). If you are like me and looking for a romantic and suspenseful film with a moral, redemptive narrative, then this movie is definitely a must watch.
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