AFTER THE HUNT

ITALY, USA | 2025 | COLOR | DCP | 139’ | ENGLISH

Alma is a professor at Yale University. She teaches philosophy, has had her eye on the position of dean for some time, is a workaholic, and lives a very comfortable life. When a female student accuses a friend and colleague at the university of rape, her orderly life is shaken, threatening to unearth a painful secret from her past. At once thrilling mystery and sharp moral parable, the film touches on a host of burning contemporary issues - from cancel culture and modern witch hunts to the veiled hypocrisy of an entire society towards issues of class, race, privilege, and sexuality. Luca Guadagnino's psychological thriller invites us to project our own beliefs onto what we see and guess ourselves where the truth lies and where lies prevail. Julia Roberts enjoys one of the strongest parts of her career, although the one who really steals the show is Michael Stuhlbarg (the father in “Call Me by Your Name”) playing her witty, stoic husband. L.K.

DIRECTOR: Luca Guadagnino
SCREENWRITER: Nora Garrett
DoP: Malik Hassan Sayeed
MUSIC: Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
EDITOR: Marco Costa
PRINCIPAL CAST: Julia Roberts, Ayo Edebiri, Andrew Garfield, Michael Stuhlbarg, Chloë Sevigny

LUCA GUADAGNINO
Acclaimed Italian director and producer, born in 1971 in Palermo. He studied Literature and Film. His work is noted for its lush visuals, emotional complexity, and the thematic exploration of desire, identity and loss. Nominated for a Best Picture Academy Award, winner of Silver Lion for Best Direction at the Venice Film Festival.

FILMOGRAPHY
2025 After the Hunt
2024 Queer
2024 Challengers
2022 Bones and All
2018 Suspiria
2017 Call Me by Your Name
2015 A Bigger Splash
2009 I Am Love
2005 Melissa P. 
1999 The Protagonists