Comedy drama

Afterglow (1997): Cast, Ratings, Box Office & Plot

Name: Afterglow
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Romance
Released: 1997-12-26
Duration: 1 h 59 min
Cast: Nick Nolte, Julie Christie

Afterglow is a 1997 comedy drama directed by Alan Rudolph, starring Nick Nolte and Julie Christie. It runs 1 hour 59 minutes and earned $2.5 million worldwide. It won 1 award from 2 nominations, one of them 1 Oscar nomination. Critics gave it 77% on Rotten Tomatoes and 68 on Metacritic, and IMDb users rate it 6.0/10.

IMDb rating: 6.0/10
Rotten Tomatoes: 77%
worldwide gross: $2.5M
award won: 1

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Released: December 26, 1997
Runtime: 1h 59m (119 min)
Director: Alan Rudolph
Genres: Drama , Comedy , Romance
Original language: English
Studio: Sony Pictures Classics
After the credits: No No extra scene

The story

What Is Afterglow About?

The premise of Afterglow without spoilers. The whole story is in the plot summary further down.

Contractor Lucky Mann discovers he's just as adept at mending fractured relationships as he is at construction. When Marianne, a woman feeling unfulfilled in her marriage, is drawn to Lucky’s appeal, it sets off a surprising sequence of events. Marianne’s husband, Jeffrey, becomes entangled in the developing situation, and Lucky’s wife, Phyllis, unexpectedly finds a renewed connection with Jeffrey, sparking a chain reaction of desires and ultimately revitalizing their marriages with humor and unexpected romance.

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Cast & crew

Afterglow Cast

Nick Nolte leads the cast, with Julie Christie. Directed by Alan Rudolph.

Director Alan Rudolph

From the director

More from Alan Rudolph

More films directed by Alan Rudolph, best-rated first: Trouble in Mind, The Secret Lives of Dentists, Songwriter and Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle.

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Ratings

Afterglow Reviews & Ratings

Critics gave Afterglow 77% on Rotten Tomatoes and 68 on Metacritic, and IMDb users rate it 6.0/10.

IMDb

6.0 /10
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Rotten Tomatoes

77% Tomatometer

Popcornmeter 63%
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Metacritic

68 Metascore
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TMDB

60% User score
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Plot

Afterglow Plot Summary

What happens in Afterglow from start to finish, spoilers included, with a timeline of 14 key events. The opening is below; the full summary is a 4-minute read.

Spoilers ahead

In Montreal, two unhappily married couples become entangled as their private disappointments collide against the hum of a city that seems to offer both escape and consequences. The first pair centers on Lucky Mann, Nick Nolte, and his wife Phyllis Hart, Julie Christie. Their marriage has been fraying for years, especially after Phyllis reveals that Cassie, their daughter, is not Lucky’s biological child — a truth tied to a past where Phyllis bore Cassie with an actor while Lucky served in the Navy. The couple moved from California to Montreal in a tense bid to find Cassie, yet years of silence persist between them.

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