After Lucia

An unrealistic approach to the issue of bullying. Too many mistakes here, after the second half the film gets boring with no dialogues and becomes a wanna be forced drama.

Absolutely awful and terrible story!

This film touched and moved me deeply in both heart and soul and I felt very sick both mentally and physically when I watched it!

The happening in this film is totally and terribly wrong and terribly awful!

The worst thing is, that things like this are ongoing daily everywhere out there in our (crazy) world! Humanity is really going in totally wrong direction!

I hope it will wake some people up and also will help to prevent things like this to happen… - Let us all work together to fight against all forms of such horrifying things like in this film!

In an early scene of the movie, a grieving husband suddenly bursts into tears while cooking. His 17-year-old daughter is with him in the house, but prefers to stay away. The sight of her father crying, which deeply moves her, leaves a authority void in her life that will define her behavior as things unravel at her new school. The relationship between Alejandra and her father is of deep love, but too many things are left unspoken, maybe precisely because each one thinks it is his duty to protect the other.

But at its seething heart, After Lucia is about the abject cruelty of the human being, and more specifically of teenagers. The acts portrayed soon become monstrous,and the issues raised are only too real. Unfortunately, the ensemble lacks cohesion, and leaves many questions unanswered about the characters and the plot. Moreover, the emotional frigidness of the film, desisting any sentimentalism, may be annoying to some. The camera seems to shun the characters, and consequently never gets close to them.

The film is saved by Tessa Ia Gonzalez, you embodies a scarred teenager. The scary intensity of her gaze, at once eerily serene and seething with mute terrors, will stick long in your minds.

Even if confusing, After Lucia packs a hard emotional wallop and have proved to be, alongside with American indie Compliance, one of the most disturbing sit in recent memory.

As a Mexican, one can accept that our cinema is not the best and is very limited, but this film, which explores a very real and sensitive topic, portrays it in a raw and heartbreaking way. It's shocking to see how a single person can ruin your adolescence with just one act or rumor, and how this can escalate to a level that becomes sickening and inhumane. This happens in the daily lives of many young people. I feel this film should be shown in high schools and universities to raise awareness about bullying. This movie not only explores these stages but also shows how, after suffering humiliating experiences, people tend to shut themselves off even more from those close to them. So give this film an opportunity and prepare yourself to see a harsh reality. Seek help-you're not alone.

Just like all of us, who are adults, remember some childhood events and understand that these cruel events in childhood were simply because children lack life experience, that they don't really understand empathy because they haven't often been in difficult situations themselves. So, this movie serves as a good reminder of children's cruelty. It also makes one think about the modern permissiveness, where even parents can't intervene in such matters. Harsh.

Speaking about the movie itself, the script is very good. OK-filmed. The actors are good, not much to complain about, everything is understandable. At times, cruelty reaches a high level, but that's probably how life is sometimes. In any case, it makes you think.