Aftersun
At a fading vacation resort, 11-year-old Sophie treasures rare time together with her loving and idealistic father, Calum. As a world of adolescence creeps into view, beyond her eye Calum struggles under the weight of life outside of fatherhood. Twenty years later, Sophie's tender recollections of their last holiday become a powerful and heartrending portrait of their relationship, as she tries to reconcile the father she knew with the man she didn't.
- Released: 2022-10-21
- Runtime: 101 minutes
- Genre: Drama
- Stars: Frankie Corio, Paul Mescal, Celia Rowlson-Hall, Sally Messham, Ayse Parlak, Sophia Lamanova, Brooklyn Toulson, Spike Fearn, Harry Perdios, Frank Corio, Ruby Thompson, Ethan James Smith, Onur Ekşioğlu, Cafer Karahan, Kayleigh Coleman, John Stuifzand, Tyler Mutlu, Kieran Burton, Nijat Gachayev, Sarah Makharine, Erol Cengizalp
- Director: Charlotte Wells
Comments
- etheredgerobert - 25 June 2024
Without a doubt, the worst movie I've ever seen.
I waited for an hour and a half for something to happen but it never did. I thought certainly there will an ending that will explain the nothing I'd just seen, but no, the movie just ends with nothing. The only thing I got out of this movie is to never go to an all inclusive in Turkey. I wonder about people that give this a 10. Where are they coming from? This was the most boring movie ever. Slow, tedious, monotonous, no plot, no story, did I say boring? I will say the actors were good. I might give it a 2 because of the actors, but I'll stick with 1 because the movie was so exceedingly bad. Please spare yourself, Don't watch. - LW-08854 - 1 April 2024
Captivating
A superbly made film that deserves so much praise for the performances of it's two lead actors. The father daughter relationship is not one you really question for a second actually, it all just comes off as so natural. The picture is awash with lush vibrant colour and practically every frame you could print out and hang it on a wall. The story actually draws quite heavily on a sense of realism and the script and the execution of the movie actually avoids a lot obvious stuff. The distance at times we feel where things are only hinted at may annoy some but I think it works perfectly given the movie is largely based on the memories of an 11 year old girl. The different stages of life are well captured with a group of teenagers bridging the gap, their slightly more wild and risky behaviour was very well portrayed without ever feeling too laddish or offensive. The 1990s fashion is fairly well recreated without ever screaming at you it's the 1990s. The past is perhaps represented here as a bit of a golden age, everything seems to glow in warmth and light in contrast to the darker present. I was left perhaps wanting even more from the ending and perhaps hoping to get more from the present too over adult Sophie. Still though this film is just so enjoyable, moving and memorable.
