It’s not a night out of the ordinary: Yale philosophy professor Alma ( Julia Roberts ) is hosting a lavish party at her tastefully decorated apartment with her husband, Frederik (Michael Stuhlbarg). There are plenty of faculty and Ph.D. students, including Professor Hank ( Andrew Garfield ), a close friend of Alma’s, and Alma’s student Maggie ( Ayo Edebiri ). A night of playful intellectual debate comes to an end, and the guests leave.
The next day, a distressed Maggie waits outside Alma’s apartment with crushing news: Hank walked Maggie home after the party, came into her apartment, and crossed a line. That’s the inciting incident of After the Hunt , directed by Luca Guadagnino ( Queer , Challengers ) and written by Nora Garrett. The movie’s handling of its storyline of c