Aftersun
Exquisite...the film reflects on the things we never truly know about our own lives, and about the people we have loved and thought we knew so well.
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, in Charlotte Wells’ superb and searingly emotional debut film.
Genre
Drama,
Women and Film
Runtime
98
Language
English
Director
Charlotte Wells
Writer(s)
Charlotte Wells
Cast
Paul Mescal,
Frankie Corio
Awards:
Winner, Jury Prize, Cannes Film Festival
Nominee, Golden Camera, Cannes Film Festival
Nominee, Best Actor in a Leading Role, Academy Awards
MOREFEATURED REVIEW
Anthony Lane, New Yorker
Rumors of something remarkable have circled around “Aftersun” since its première, at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, and guess what? The rumors are true. Somehow, Wells retains control of her unstable material, and the result, though intimate, guards its secrets well. We get glances ahead to ...
Played at
Newhall 11.11.22 - 11.17.22
Town Center 5 11.11.22 - 11.17.22
NoHo 7 11.11.22 - 11.17.22
Claremont 5 11.18.22 - 11.22.22
Monica Film Center 3.10.23 - 3.16.23
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