After the Apocalypse is a 2004 science fiction

Science fiction

Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...

 black-and-white film about five survivors after World War III

World War III

World War III denotes a successor to World War II that would be on a global scale, with common speculation that it would be likely nuclear and devastating in nature....

. A single woman and four men are forced to communicate without words because of destructive gasses from the war. They are forced to recreate their lives both individually and collectively. The film does not have any dialogue.

Reception

On the film review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes

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, After the Apocalypse received a 90% approval rating, based on 9 reviews, with an average rating of 6.8/10. On the website Metacritic

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, the film has received a metascore of 53 out of 100 based on 6 reviews.