The teacher/student relationship is one that can be subject of countless analysis, especially if you look at it from an historical point of view, for which I recommend George Steiner’s Lessons of the Masters (2004: Harvard University Press). To be more specific, the environment of academia is one where sometimes the line between a relationship between a teacher and student can be blurred as friendship and kinship is born of hours of collaboration between both parts. That is the subject of After the Hunt, a movie where a teacher has his reputation and career destroyed due to the allegations of rape by a student.
The movie is both written and directed in a way in which it always presents the alleged offence taking place outside of the line of view of the spectator, as we see the events taking place through the perspective of Julia Robert’s character, who is a friend to both parts. In this way, it is up to the viewer to judge whether the violation took place or not.
And that to me is the core of this movie, the dynamic of relationships between teacher and student, the blurring of lines, and the consequences both negative and positive that come with the event. I will not spoil how the plot develops since I think this movie deserves to be seen by unfiltered eyes, and there is no need for spoilers to explain its’ story. I will conclude by saying that I believe that the casting of all actors is incredibly spot on, since each actor plays their part masterfully (mainly Julia Roberts, Andrew Garfield and the quietly present Michael Stuhlbarg).
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