Eroticism and freedom: the 5 keys to the After phenomenon

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Learn more about the literary and now cinematographic saga that is sweeping young people before the premiere of 'After.

In a thousand pieces'

After the success of

(2009), a film that grossed more than 70 million euros worldwide, it

This romantic drama for teenagers has a curious origin and is the adaptation of a literary saga that has millions of readers around the world.

These are some keys to learning more about the

phenomenon

, whose second installment has just landed in Spanish cinemas with more than 15,000 tickets sold in advance.

WHAT'S

AFTER

The story is not new:

Although at first they cannot stand each other, the touch makes affection and they end up madly in love.

The protagonist is Tessa Young, a newcomer to the University who meets Hardin, a young man full of tattoos that leads her to commit crazy things, discover her sexuality and change her personality overnight.

Anna Todd, the creator of the saga, together her books.

EROTICISM

Although many expected the

the end result fell far short of their dreams.

In the US the film was only rated for those over 13 years old.

In the end, there was only one scene in which Tessa and Hardin made love in a demure way and another in which they bathed together. Little for something that many predicted as "50 shades of Gray for young people."

In spite of everything, the sexual tension was present at times when it seemed that something else was going to be seen.

THE LEADING ACTORS

The protagonists of the two films released so far are Josephine Langford and Hero Fiennes Tiffin.

Langford has appearances in the horror film

and on television series such as

and

.

On the other hand, Fiennes Tiffin already knows what it is like to participate in a saga of success in theaters.

It was in 2009 when

That first role on the big screen would lead him to participate in series such as

or

.

Both have become, thanks to

objects of desire for teenagers with raging hormones.

From left

Right, Hero Fiennes-Tiffin, Anna Todd and Josephine Langford.

A YOUNG AUTHOR

Anna Renee Todd is 31 years old and was born in Dayton, Ohio.

When she was 18 years old, she married a military man and went to Fort Hood, Texas, to live on a military base.

There, while her husband was participating in various missions in Iraq,

Her passion for Harry Styles, one of the members of the group, led her to imagine her as the protagonist of love stories.

Those texts, published in an application open to all audiences, were immediately successful and led to a

Now, after signing five more books and producing and participating in the script for the two released films, her bank account has only grown.

FAN EFFECT

First were the texts published by Anna Todd on the Internet, with more than 1,000 million readings.

Then it was the turn of the bestsellers that make up the

Her sales number in the millions and her followers have given her a hard time every time she went to sign copies at a bookstore.

Todd came to Madrid in 2019 for the premiere of the first film installment.

Dozens of teenagers waited all night outside waiting for the doors to open the next day of a famous bookstore in the heart of Madrid.

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