After
After is a 2019 American romantic drama film directed by Jenny Gage, who co-wrote the screenplay with Susan McMartin, Tamara Chestna, and Tom Betterton, based on the 2014 novel of the same name by Anna Todd. It is the first installment in the After film series. The film stars Hero Fiennes Tiffin and Josephine Langford and follows an inexperienced teenage girl who begins to romance a mysterious student during her first months of college. The cast includes Selma Blair, Inanna Sarkis, Shane Paul McGhie, Pia Mia, Khadijha Red Thunder, Dylan Arnold, Samuel Larsen, Jennifer Beals and Peter Gallagher in supporting roles.
Plot
Tessa Young begins her first year of college by moving into her dorm room with the help of her mother, Carol, and her boyfriend, Noah. During this process she meets her new roommate Steph and Steph's girlfriend Tristan. The day after, Tessa shares a brief encounter with Steph's friend, Hardin Scott. The following day Steph persuades Tessa to attend a party where she meets Steph's other friends: Zed, Molly, and Jace, and meets Hardin for the second time. The group play truth or dare, which reveals Tessa's virginity; she is dared to kiss Hardin but refuses. Later on at the party Hardin attempts to kiss Tessa, but she rejects his advances and leaves.
More details
author | Anna Todd Jenny Gage Susan McMartin |
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contentLocation | Washington |
director | Jenny Gage |
editor | Michelle Harrison |
genre | drama romance |
keywords | assault bad influence break dorm room end engage even group of friends moving in publish read search text message truth or dare wedding reception |
musicBy | Justin Burnett |
producer | Anna Todd Aron Levitz Courtney Solomon Dennis Pelino Jennifer Gibgot Mark Canton Meadow Williams |
publisher | Aviron Pictures |
theme | romantic drama |