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Aftermath of disappointment
There's a much more fascinating and complex film hidden away in a romantic melodrama set in post-war Germany, says MARIA DUARTE
KATARZYNA KOSMALA introduces a retrospective by one of the most significant figures in contemporary US photography
MAYER WAKEFIELD is entertained but let down by an audacious production that, sadly, doesn't ring true
MARY CONWAY is disappointed by drama that, despite accomplished performances, cannot overcome an unfocused script
New releases from Sam Carter, Spell Songs and Les Thomas
The Aftermath (15)
Directed by James Kent
THIS Mills and Boon-style weepie opens in 1945, five months after the allied victory, with Rachael Morgan (Keira Knightley) heading to Hamburg to join her husband Lewis (Jason Clark), a British colonel charged with rebuilding the bombed out city.
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