After Yang

After Yang
A poster featuring an interracial family.
Theatrical release poster
Directed byKogonada
Written byKogonada
Based on"Saying Goodbye to Yang"
by Alexander Weinstein
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyBenjamin Loeb
Edited byKogonada
Music by
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release dates
  • July 8, 2021 (2021-07-08) (Cannes)
  • March 4, 2022 (2022-03-04) (United States)
Running time
96 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$9–20 million[2]
Box office$729,254[3]

After Yang is a 2021 American science fiction drama film written, directed, and edited by Kogonada. It stars Colin Farrell, Jodie Turner-Smith, Justin H. Min, Malea Emma Tjandrawidjaja, and Haley Lu Richardson. It is one of the final feature films[a] scored by composer Ryuichi Sakamoto before his death in 2023. The plot follows a family's attempts to repair their android son after he becomes unresponsive, and can no longer assist their adoptive Chinese daughter. It delves into themes of memory, death, loss, and humanness.

The film had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival on July 8, 2021, and was released on March 4, 2022, by A24 and Showtime. It received generally positive reviews from critics. Since its release, it has been cited as among the best films of the 2020s and is ranked #105 on Rolling Stones' 150 best science fiction films of all time.[4][5]

  1. ^ "After Yang". British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference budget was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "After Yang 2021". Box Office Mojo. IMDbPro. Retrieved December 2, 2022.
  4. ^ "The 10 Best Drama Movies of the 2020s So Far, Ranked". Collider. 24 August 2023.
  5. ^ "The 150 Greatest Science Fiction Movies of All Time". Rolling Stone. January 2024.


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