"After Lucia" - so close yet so far away

A very intimate, but brutal deconstruction of grief. After a tragedy consolation never really comes. It's just the way one wants to deal with the reality. Alejandra and her father Roberto can't really find things in common after the mother and wife is gone forever. They grow farther apart, leading separate lives. The new film directed by Michel Franco irritates because it shows that in times of trouble everyone is on their own. It irritates, because even being close to one another, it is impossible sometimes to notice there is something very much wrong.
"After Lucia" is a very powerful image of how one can actually deal with loss, but most importantly it's about how people hurt and get hurt. It's about the fault of the whole society that makes everyone very distant and cold, even  if a great tragedy is around the corner.
"After Lucia" is very difficult to grade. It's difficult to say whether it is a good or a bad film. It's shocking and very real at the same time. but extremely powerful.
One is for sure, you' ll feel bad after seeing it, but who knows, maybe also cleansed.
My review from filmnews.com.pl can be found here and below, in Polish.