Aftersun [DVD]

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Subtlety is great when the director is skillful. But never go full subtle. This is a movie, not a poem. A certain level of connection with the events and the characters, is necessary. I love poetic/dream like/art movies. But in this case, i need a strong imagery, deep meanings, substance over style, beautiful cinematography etc. This movie didn't provide me anything of that. I also believe that his saying "I love you" to Sophie's mom, that made her confused and curious could well have happened if, say, their marriage had ended because of his depression but there was still caring and love. Easily one of the best movies I saw this year. If movie awards were to be taken at all seriously, this film would be nominated all over the place.

The director Charlotte Wells offers us a morose autobiographical story where point of view, subtlety and dead times combine against her intention to convey the protagonist's nostalgia for a lost father and paradise and the inevitability of not having understood him on time. A film where the tensions between child and adult perspectives, between naivety and understanding, between experience and loss are only latent. So far, so gloomy, but much of Aftersun is blissful, the chemistry between Mescal and Corio lighting up the screen. Their banter feels deliciously unscripted, reminiscent of the exchanges between the young Ellar Coltrane and Ethan Hawke in Richard Linklater’s Boyhood. Calum and Sophie giggle at a terrible club singer and throw bread rolls at the tour reps dancing the macarena. Calum’s own dancing is a source of acute embarrassment for Sophie, and there’s a tender moment where she covers her sleeping father with a sheet.

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Aftersun is a 2022 coming-of-age drama film written and directed by Charlotte Wells in her feature directorial debut. Starring Paul Mescal, Frankie Corio, and Celia Rowlson-Hall, the film follows an 11-year-old Scottish girl onholidaywith her father at aTurkishresort on the eve of his 31st birthday. Grater, Tom (20 April 2022). "Cannes Critics' Week: Jesse Eisenberg's 'When You Finish Saving The World' To Open 2022 Selection". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on 20 April 2022 . Retrieved 23 May 2022. Aftersun DVD Release Date". www.dvdsreleasedates.com. Archived from the original on 22 November 2022 . Retrieved 22 November 2022. Now, today I can't even imagine how saddening it was for him at those times and it wasn't even at his hands. Along the way we are given snippets of her father's troubles. Wells' very cleverly weaves in a subtext that works to a crescendo in the last 10 minutes which includes one of the most brilliant transition shots in recent cinema (not hyperbole, it really is brilliant). The viewer is invited to join the dots on what has happened between the two timelines and there are several clues that help.

The film premiered as part of International Critics' Week during the 2022 Cannes Film Festival, [9] where it won a jury prize. [10] It screened at the Edinburgh International Film Festival, [11] the Melbourne International Film Festival, [12] the Telluride Film Festival, [13] the Toronto International Film Festival, [14] the London Film Festival, [15] the New York Film Festival, [16] the New Hampshire Film Festival, [17] and the Adelaide Film Festival. [18]Reception [ edit ] Critical response [ edit ] Paul Mescal received widespread critical praise for his performance as Calum Paterson, and received his first career nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor. Even though it is not the same case at all, I remember the times as a kid I closed the door on my dad because he would come home late from work. That because he would promise me to come home early. Halligan, Fionnuala (21 May 2022). " 'Aftersun': Cannes Review". Screen Daily. Archived from the original on 23 May 2022 . Retrieved 23 May 2022.