After the Hunt
Set at Yale University, After the Hunt (premiered at Venice) marks Luca Guadagnino’s boldest cinematic pivot yet. Known to AFF audiences for Bones and All (13th AFF), Suspiria (9th AFF), and this year’s Queer, the Italian auteur now turns his lens on the cloistered world of academia and the lingering shockwaves of #MeToo. Alma (Julia Roberts) is fighting for tenure, in direct competition with her longtime colleague and close friend Hank (Andrew Garfield). When Hank is accused of sexual misconduct by one of his students, Alma is forced to choose: remain silent and protect her hard-earned career, or risk it all to support a man who swears he’s innocent. Told entirely from Alma’s perspective, the unfolding scandal shifts her connections and sense of self. Guadagnino uses this premise to play freely with genre: investigative drama, modern noir, melodrama, and character-driven drama, each one reflected in a key supporting figure, played by Andrew Garfield, Ayo Edebiri, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Chloë Sevigny. After the Hunt is likely Guadagnino’s most provocative film to date.
Luca Guadagnino
Born in 1971 in Palermo, Luca Guadagino spent the early years of his life in Ethiopia, where his father taught history and Italian. He studied in Rome at the University of La Sapienza, where he graduated from two faculties – History and Film Critique (his dissertation is devoted to Jonathan Demme’s work). As a director, he gained early renown in 2005 with his adaptation of Melissa Panarello’s scandalous novel, Melissa P. Four years later, his I Am Love garnered Oscar nominations for best costumes and a Golden Globe for best foreign film.
Filmography
1999 The Protagonists
2005 Melissa P.
2009 Jestem miłością / Io sono l’amore / I Am Love
2013 Bertolucci on Bertolucci (co-dir., doc.)
2015 Nienasyceni / A Bigger Splash
2017 Tamte dni, tamte noce / Call Me by Your Name
2018 Suspiria
2022 Do ostatniej kości / Bones and All
2024 Challengers
2024 Queer
2025 Po polowaniu / After the Hunt
Cast & Crew
