Director
Charlotte Wells
Starring
Paul Mescal, Frankie Corio, Celia Rowlson Hall
Release Year
2022
Country of Origin
UK, USA
Language
English
Director of Photography: Gregory Oke
Editor: Blair McClendon
Music: Oliver Coates
Screenplay by: Charlotte Wells
Production Designer: Billur Turin
Aftersun (captioned)
Part of the Galas Strand
In her stunning feature debut, Scottish director Charlotte Wells explores the very formative period of a child’s life when they realise their parents are people of their own. Grainy images are turned into time travel machines as Sophie (Frankie Corio) revisits sun-kissed memories of a summer holiday taken with her dad (Paul Mescal). Anchored by her two terrific lead performers, Wells offers up a perfectly nuanced observation of father and daughter as they undertake two contrasting yet intertwined journeys of self-discovery in this absolute miracle of a film. [15]