After Sex (French: Post Coïtum, Animal Triste) is a 1997 film by French director Brigitte Roüan.

After Sex
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Directed byBrigitte Roüan
Written bySantiago Amigorena
Philippe Le Guay
Jean-Louis Richard
Brigitte Roüan
Guy Zilberstein
Produced byHumbert Balsan
StarringBrigitte Roüan
Patrick Chesnais
CinematographyPierre Dupouey
Edited byLaurent Roüan
Music byMichel Musseau
Umberto Tozzi
Release date
  • 29 August 1997 (1997-08-29)
Running time
97 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Roüan stars in the film as Diane Clovier, a married mother of two who has an affair with the friend of a young writer she is mentoring. Meanwhile, her husband, a lawyer, is defending a woman charged with murdering her unfaithful spouse.

The film was well received in its native France, but raised some eyebrows for its sympathetic treatment of a woman's infidelity. The film also received positive notice in the United States, where it was released in 1998. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival.[1]

The original French title, literally "After Coitus, Sad Animal", alludes to post-coital tristesse.

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Reception

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On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes the film has a score of 74% based on reviews from 18 critics, with an average rating of 6.4/10.[2]

Steve Davis of The Austin Chronicle gave the film 3 stars out of 5,[3] while Sandra Brennan AllMovie gives it 2 stars out of 5.[4]

Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave it 3 stars out of 4 and stated that "By the end of the film, we have come to admire Rouan's courage as a performer and a filmmaker, in following Diane's mania as far as it will go".[5]

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  1. ^ "Festival de Cannes: After Sex". Retrieved 15 August 2021.
  2. ^ "After Sex (1997)". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
  3. ^ Davis, Steve (26 June 1998). "Post Coitum". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
  4. ^ Brennan, Sandra. "After Sex (1997)". AllMovie. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
  5. ^ Ebert, Roger (1 May 1998). "Post Coitum". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 15 August 2021.

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