After Blue Review: Transportive Fantasy With Bold Visuals & Mesmerizing Score
Earth has become inhabitable, so humanity flees to a distant plant. The haven for all turns out to be a place of death for men. The atmosphere on this new planet — dubbed “After Blue” — causes increased body hair growth. For the men, that growth happens internally, causing death. This is the strange and peculiar setup for After Blue, written and directed by Bertrand Mandico, is an even stranger and more peculiar adventure.
The 1970s and '80s sci-fi throwback is a sapphic sci-fi fantasy adventure that follows Roxy (Paula Luna), a teenager who stumbles upon a woman, Kate Bush (Agata Buzek), buried up to her neck in the sand. Kate Bush (not the current chart-topping singer of the same name) promises to fulfill Roxy’s desires, but Roxy is unaware that she unwittingly unleashed a serial killer. Once she is freed, Kate sets off on a killing spree and disappears. Roxy and her mother, Zora (Elina Löwensohn), a hairdresser, are banished but are tasked with hunting down Kate if they wish to remedy the situation. Roxy is off on a loopy adventure full of danger, sexual encounters, ghosts, and more. To understand the depths of the zaniness of After Blue, one should watch the trailer beforehand.
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After Blue is not for everyone, but it might have a strong following. It is a highly stylized picture that aims to transport its audience to another plane of existence. Mandico’s vision is uncompromising, with Pierre Desprats’ score and Pascale Granel’s cinematography bursting with vibrant vitality. The overt sexual overtones, paired with the graphic imagery, threaten to overwhelm the film. Still, it is wrapped up in a delectable package that has one surrendering their
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