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The last scene of this film gutted me. He shuts the camera and walks away into his daughter's memories. The only place people who've left us still remain.
For me, I thought that rave scene was Sophie’s imagination of Callum’s last moments. Decades after his death, she has been stuck in this “what the hell happened after I left when he was all alone,” replaying this imagination in her head thousands of times. This scene is basically her imagining “why did you do that to yourself” but always getting stumped here, because that seemingly happy holiday together never changed the fact that he had to go to that rave and be found dead the next day. So this last scene is playing on endless repeat, like a home video on a camcorder, in her head, but she never really saw him going to that rave so that’s why the rave is right outside the airport corridor, because she literally can’t imagine how he could’ve gotten to that rave being where he was mentally while willingly going there with an intention to kill himself. She became his age and a parent like him, but she still can’t understand why he had to die. He is seen in this scene, his eyes so distant, still willingly walking towards his death, instead of his daughter. This scene painfully shows her grief, the distance she feels from her dad, and her inability to understand him or his death. I saw this movie four times at the theaters, soon I’ll be seeing it for the fifth time lol
@@iamhannahjasmine An absultely brilliant comment. I've seen it only once so far, but it's stuck in my head. What I see is his last dance in Turkey, and his las dance ever, on the rave he attended after he came back, or maybe it is the rave that she is attending and she has visions of him there, raving next to her. What do you think? He is wearing the same shirt as in the airport, so the last image of her father ever. The way she remembers him last time she saw him. Adult Sophie trying to reach out to him, to grab him, to make him explain... but it's just the silence. She will never find out why he did it and left her although he seemingly loved her a lot. And it's gonna haunt her till the rest of her life.
I would go as far to say that if Charlotte did ANYTHING in the final 10 minutes differently, the movie would not work nearly as well as it did. It is so precisely devastating. I feel like she must’ve written the ending first, then built up everything else around it to make it that much more affecting.
She cut those scenes brilliantly. If you want to know more, here’s a link to an interview in which she talks about the editing/writing process: th-cam.com/video/UUnmBMCcLTU/w-d-xo.html
I agree. Ending on that moment with the double doors with the rave going on behind them is the perfect ending in my opinion. It's a beautiful and heartbreaking image that tells a lot about how memory can work in strange ways. I love it.
@@JulianBreslin yes exactly!!! i read the synopsis on wikipedia, and there's not a single mention of suicide or anything. it's literally the most important thing in the movie
Honestly paul is such an amazing actor i’m sure he’s gonna have more than one opportunity in the future to win an oscar, this time i think is for brendan
I had just come off Aquaman 2 and some other Marvel-adjacent diarrhea. I was feeling pretty burnt on film. Then this scene hit and I realized no, I do still love film. A great score, the perfect shot, the perfect performance, beautiful. I know it's harder and riskier to do, but fucking christ how anyone with 200 million to burn wouldn't want to make 30 of these instead of one piss awful film, I'll never know. I guess that's why I don't have 200 mil to burn.
A24 has that. Maybe not Oscar worthy stuff when it comes to their thrillers and horror movies. But Dramas…absolutely artistic. This film and Moonlight will always hold a place in my heart.
I sob uncontrollably even just THINKING about this scene. It’s masterful and shows the patience and restraint of an incredibly seasoned filmmaker - even though this is her first major feature film.
For me "masterful" might not be an appropriate enough word to describe this film. This film is purely "unique", not any master (not even the filmmaker herself I fear) can recreate the soul of this scene.
And how he enters to the end of the hall, which is in darkness. I comprenhend in that last scene he stops being happy and he buries in his depression one more time. Well, at least is what I get when he enters throught the dark depths.
@@45dable my read of it is that the rave scenes are what’s happening inside adult Sophie’s head, so she gets closer and closer to reaching Calum as she watches the tapes trying to hold on to him, and him entering the rave at the end is because that’s the last time she saw her dad, so from then on he only exists in her memory
@@JimboCKW good analysis, in my case I keep with the idea he drowns in his depression and possibly he suicides, vanishes or die for any reason. I don't know, but something happens with him that is the way I read the scene.
@@45dable it was pointed a lot he was suicidal.. not to the mention the postcard that was for Sophie whenever she got home! I truly believe he planned his death and this last trip with her. Because he knew he wasn’t ever gonna see her again.
I just loved how absolutely nuanced this movie was. It portrayed depression, disattachment and mental crises so … tenderly. So rare for a film. I watched it expecting some huge fallout or massive yelling scene, or even a death being shown but it remained focused on just giving us a very real and raw depiction
So true. I watched this film with a sense of "what's going on?" Expecting a big revealing moment that never came. And it's so much more powerful for it. Instead it showed us what we don't see. What we hide - what's not obvious. What was apparent was that he had no regard for his well being. I was busy wondering why. Sometimes the why won't make sense. He was trying so hard. Utterly heartbreaking.
@@jillmayer9501 so true! It makes you feel so uncomfortable but then so .. comfortable during their family scenes with signs and hints that something sinister is going on beneath the surface but makes the audience read between the lines. It’s one of those films you finish and just think about when the credits roll. Amazing.
Spot on, for awhile, because the ending is vague I took it not as suicide, but her father losing himself to other demons. There was a scene very early on when he steps outside to smoke where it looks like he's shooting up drugs.
It's not a commercial movie. The only explanation I guess. Al least here in Brazil the movie was not played on big theaters. Only alternative places. Hollywood doesn't like that I think.
I think a24 is really bad at oscar campaigns. They put all their eggs in one basket with everything everywhere and left this by the wayside. It being a debut film with no big names also played a role in it being ignored
@@sticktheman4873 Everything Everywhere is overrated. Also, the Oscars are a joke. It’s nice to see quality pictures and actors win awards which brings awareness to the art and the talent, but it really isn’t a judge of quality. It’s politics.
One of the beautiful things about this film is how the audience's relationship with it mirrors Sophie's relationship with this holiday. On first viewing we see it from the innocent child Sophie's perspective as we are still in the dark to Calum's struggles and ultimate fate. Upon revisiting it however we, like adult Sophie, can't help but look for the signs at what was really going on with her dad.
Great insight! It's fascinating how the audience's perspective can evolve and change with each viewing of a film, and how our understanding of the characters and their experiences can deepen over time. Speaking of gaining a deeper understanding of the protagonist's perspective, you might find this post on the film helpful: www.screenplaywise.com/1135/03/into-the-protagonists-perspective-aftersun/. It explores how the film invites us to see the world through Sophie's eyes, and how her journey parallels our own as viewers. Thanks for sharing your thoughts! 🤗📽
@@Pink-756d33yeahh, i actually thought when *spoilers* Calum spat on the mirror, it was kind of a Scottish tradition before going out. I was so confused that time.
I love the way that the movie make us to decode what's going on in the first minute to the last minutes and it turns out that the movie is about Sophie decoding why his father commit suicide even they had a great dad and daughter time in turkey. Hauntingly Beautiful, 10/10
@@txw2586 it isn’t explicit but it’s clear that he suffers from depression, anxiety and has self harm tendencies (the scenes when he’s on top of the railing of the balcony like he’s about to jump and when he rushes to the ocean and almost drowns) and since she never sees him again after the trip we can assume that he probably killed himself. also there’s a a sense of anger that comes from adult sophie in those rave scenes, she’s mad that he would commit suicide when she had no idea he was going through something like that, which is also why she’s watching back the tapes imo, she wants to look back at the signs and understand why
@@txw2586 there’s also one quick shot before the dance sequence it cuts to Callum crying there’s a post it note sent that seems it’s going to be sent to Sophie saying sorry and that he loves her
@@johnathanamaya7108 Oh , I thought that was just a postcard that he sent to her during that trip. I assume his suicide was at a later stage not right after the trip. But this could be
The "Callum is gone Sophie stands alone" line hits just as hard as the entire movie. Imagine how it must have felt for Charlotte to write those 2 lines.
This guy needs to stop playing too sweet and vulnerable characters. He is so good that I get tears in my eyes even when he is just doing interviews. He is gonna be a huge star!
The decision to make the very final scene simpler with the camera stopping the pan to the doors to the rave is an absolute genius one. Sets the tone for the whole film, for the whole mood adult Sophie had for the entire session of her rewatching the video tape and also for a second viewing as well. Nothing short of brilliant and perfect that make me want to thank every single person that worked on this film for giving us such a masterpiece.
I had never cried as hard because of a film, but this final scene touched me in a different way. I only started crying during the last shot, but I couldn't stop sobbing for 45 minutes
I never thought I'd make to 30 myself, let alone 40. I'm 43 now and the void is enormous. This scene was thrilling, the whole movie I recognize myself in him so much. This song and how's adapted to the scene is remarkable. This movie should've gotten way many more nominations by the Academy.
I love how after you realise it’s been adult Sophie watching the videos on her tv the audience must look back at the whole film again differently, as if sifting through memories just like adult Sophie had been doing the whole time
Such a clever film. WE ARE Sophie, we just don’t realise it until the end which is why it hits us so hard. We only know as much as she does & like her we’re trying to piece it all together & understand Calum. I’ve never seen anything like this before, a week later I’m still thinking about Calum & trying to understand him….just like Sophie.
@carouselcakes6237 yes and in hindsight the framing of some of the scenes being kind of frustrating and obscured for the audience (IMO) is Sophie's experience too of looking back trying to piece together a fuller picture of her father from fragments of recordings and her childhood memories
The director gives you lots of clues but you have to look for them. Like when Sophie is asleep and we see Calum. That's obviously not through Sophies eyes.
Some of the best use of music in a scene I’ve ever seen, and probably the best movie I’ve seen this year. Also the moment that actually destroyed me was when you see adult Sophie meeting her father in the rave and you just see the anger flashing across her face. As she’s grabbing for her father, you can’t tell if she’s fighting him or embracing him. I suppose she was fighting to embrace him. Absolutely broke my heart
I'm not exactly a big crier, but man, I couldn't stop sobbing watching this scene and the end of this wonderful movie. The music, the lights, the actors, the emotions and the tragedy. Just a perfect movie. Paul was absolutely brilliant
When I watched that part, I was like... okay, something's definitely happening in my soul, right now... what a haunting experience. Great, great film making.
This movie destroyed me. It’s such a brilliant, beautiful, and heartbreaking film. I don’t know if I can ever watch it again, but I recommend everyone watch it at least once.
Yes. That is so heart-wrenching to see adult Sophie standing alone and younger Sophie still smiling at the same time, not knowing what will happen to her.
From the day I had seen the movie I've become Mescalero. And I'm not even Apache. Thanks at least to BAFTA for nomination for him. I'm not sure about Oscar though. It would shame actually
saw this in a small cinema last night by myself and cried uncontrollably in the cinema toilets afterwards. This film will haunt me for a long time. Beautiful but harrowingly sad
It’s so personal, raw, authentic and so utterly devastating that it hits home no matter how much walls you’ve built within yourself, this movie truly touches you deeply. What I truly love about it too is that he recognizes how young Sophie accepts and loves him no matter what…yeah she was hurt by him, she felt abandoned and still she’s there saying happy birthday and asking people to sing to him. She forgave him from the heart cause she loves her dad that much…unconditionally. Calum realizes of this and instead of that sparking some light in his heart -which matches so breathtakingly beautifully in this last scene when “why don’t we give love one more chance” sounds- he feels so unworthy of her love and ends up succumbing to guilt and shame. To escaping from reality. Wow, my face is still swollen from sobbing and I watched for the first time last night. Masterpiece.
The biggest part is shame. He can't stand the thought of his daughter growing up and recognising the mess he's in. In that holiday she is already starting to sense that something's wrong and that's what breaks him most. However, ultimately, nothing could let Sophie down more than suicide. Culture pressures men to be strong and to be the providers. I think that's the biggest reason why the suicide rate of depressed men is 7% vs 1% for women (I'm just an armchair psychiatrist though so don't take my word for it). A man isn't supposed to look weak. But the reality is that your kids first and foremost need you to be there and to love them. More than depression itself, I think what pushes someone to commit suicide is the shame of showing valunerability. For example with adult Sophie we see her look openly sad as her partner wishes her happy birthday. Openly sharing her depression with someone she loves no doubt helps her through it instead of having to put on a front.
I fully broke apart during the slow pan across Sophie's apartment as you see all of the musical equipment, especially the record player and big speakers. In Sophie's imagination, she's seeing him on ecstasy at a rave, after a couple of inferences during the film about Callum having been a raver, and she's reaching out to him unable to grab any part of her dad. We've already seen the rug too earlier in the film, so there had already been clues that he would commit suicide between the holiday and the modern day. So in that slow pan across everything she owns, everything clicks into place; Sophie has a deep love for music. She's got a guitar, she's got old records, she's got the big speakers for playing her music loud, she's got her dad's rug, and she's sitting alone watching the old videos of this holiday. So much of Sophie's apartment, and so much of her life has been built around trying to find whatever connection she could find with him. Trying to find connections in music and raving and watching an old home video of their holiday. And nobody does that unless they lose their dad young - "This is our last dance" was more specific than we think. That was the last time she saw him. Then we get to the final shot of Callum in the airport, with him walking off into the rave, and the door settling closed behind him; a barrier preventing Sophie from finding that connection, which just sits as a final twist of the knife. It's one of the best examples of visual storytelling I've ever seen. Absolutely heartbreaking.
It's a masterpiece, now up there with the the greatest pieces of film in film history, this is their last dance, I cried gloops. Charlotte Wells the writer and director is a name we are all going to know.
I'm sorry for your loss and the emotional impact the film 'Aftersun' had on you. It's important to take the time you need to heal and feel your emotions. Take care 🤗
Mi papá falleció hace tiempo y por un par de años no había pensado en él más allá de la versión idealizada que existe de él después de su partida. Viendo Aftersun no pude evitar relacionar mis vivencias junto a mi papá cuando yo era niño, pensé mucho cuando me llevó a Disney de California, solo él y yo, tenía más o menos la edad de Sophie y también lo grabé todo. Sin esperarlo, pude al fin volver a mi papá como era, un ser humano con luchas y penas, alguien de verdad que, a pesar de sus desaciertos, solo quería verme el bien. Y yo, ahora tengo 31, viviendo uno de los peores años de mi vida, recién habiéndome quedado sin trabajo, abandonado por alguien que quise mucho, tratando de poner mi vida en orden otra vez, y pensando en que mi papá sabría qué hacer. Lo extraño mucho, y extraño mi antigua vida.
Mucha suerte amigo, piensa que siempre tienes a tus amigos y demás familia a tu lado, y que La vida acababa yendo mejor para ti, como tu padre habría querido. Mucha suerte y de verdad quiero que nunca se te olvide que la vida es preciosa, aunque a veces cueste verlo :=')!.
I remember being sort of bored in the beginning of this movie and suddenly I was totally into Calum and Sophie's relationship. This scene broke my heart, and it's one of the most beautiful things I ever watched.
I didn't start crying until the credits started to roll, and everything just kind of hit me at once. What a devastating movie. Beautiful and brilliant, but devastating.
One of the best ending scenes of all time. Everything about it is masterfully crafted, into one incredible, emotionally gripping and visually stunning sequence.
This is my favorite ending to a film EVER. I love this movie so much that it makes my heart ache. Thank you Charlotte Wells for making such beautiful art!
That last scene just tears me up. What a film!!! Stays with you for ages. Makes us all think about what our parents were going through when we were too young to understand.
this is probably my favorite scene of any movie I have seen to this day. I think about it at least once a week and every time I watch this video I cry uncontrollably. This movie shows what depression feels like, at least what it feels like for me. I am forever grateful pieces of art like this exist!
This film unravelled something deep within in me and I could not stop crying for HOURS after it ended. I don't think any other film has hit me on such a personal level or made me have such a visceral reaction. What a quietly devastating story.
I couldn't stop crying in this scene. With this scene, I fully sympathized with the feelings of the two characters. I could understand the message the director was trying to convey at once. Of course, the power of music played a part.
The juxtaposition of their "Last Dance" with the "Dance of Doom" Calum does in the rave! Look at his graceful dance, coaxing Sophie to join him, his face split into a benign smile, every fibre of his being radiating love and happiness, the way he grips Sophie in a tight embrace, the way she playfully pushes him away. And then in the rave, he's not dancing but "dancing away" from something, not graceful but desperate, maniacal, possessed. His face is a mask of fatigue and agony, anxiety and worry perverting his kind and beautiful features into something alien. The way Sophie's trying to lock him into an embrace, trying to calm him down, tell him she's there for him, hoping he'll recognize her and relax, which he does but for a fleeting moment. And finally, the way he pushes her away and falls into the same abyss that has claimed countless lives.
Absolutely adored this film. And this ending just pours with emotion. I also love how it’s up for interpretation so from what I’ve gathered is that throughout the film this is a very important age for her. She doesn’t know if she should hang with the older teens; her own worries in her own small world perhaps blinded her from her dads true mental state. Older Sophie now tries to grasp her dads issues through the recordings but the flashing lights shows her memory is fragmented and is trying to piece it together. I also took note of the many reflections throughout the film (e.g. the reflection of the gate) which I think shows her reflection of her memories. Just these subtle components of the film like the reflections and the nudge towards the dads mental state when he said “ I’m surprised I made it to 30” makes the movie that much more cleverly powerful. Just wow! Well done Charlotte Wells! This movie a masterpiece and probably one of the best films I’ve seen!
Love your comment! Just so you know: in the holidays, Calum is turning 31, the same age adult Sophie is (remember that scene in which her girlfriend/wife wishes her happy birthday?)
I think the original version is more distressing. We are left alone in an empty and cold hall, whereas the alternate ending is more comforting, with the ocean and the two of them sprinting together.
This scene broke me. Thankfully, I still have both of my parents with me. But I know at some point I’ll lose them, and It’s a very real fear I live with everyday. This scene brought it to the surface and I’m dealin with it. Can help but cry when I remember it.
damn so powerful with emotions, makes me want to cry and throw up at the same time. This movie has became one of the reasons I want to pursue filmmaking.
The split second of Paul mescal’s face as he stares off to the distance, after he drops his camera just instantly made me burst to tears man Sophie’s talk of that feeling after a really nice day just came back to me and hit me like a truck
This movie is effortlessly flawless, in a way I can’t quite put into words. It truly is a cinematic masterpiece; Hands down, my favorite film of all time. It conveys so much raw, human emotion using mostly body language, facial expression and innuendo. This is a rare film that stays with you long after watching it. The ending ties everything up and leaves you haunted. This is as good as it gets.
You know that you accidentally mentionted in your commentary two more Queen songs. Body Language and Innuendo are titles of their lesser known tracks. They also have two songs about suicide Don't Try Suicide and Keep Passing The Open Windows. You're right about this movie being a masterpiece. Though it isn't my favorite movie of all time it definitely has one of best ending sequence in a history of cinema.
What got me in this movie was Callum cutting his own bandage off with the barrier being the wall, but the daughter is trying to connect but young. So many levels man in this movie.
Today I saw this for the second time and it really hit me hard. I took my friend with me who is an avid cinema lover but he didn't get it . He said the film was irritating him and asked me if I really consider this film as a masterpiece. Shame. My response was Yes I do!
I think it’s because the narrative and message of the whole film are spread out in the build up to the last 15 or so minutes - and then it all hits you like a truck
After watching it a second time I find myself begging for him to not walk through those doors. Utterly heartbreaking in such a complex way. I don’t know what to do with myself
El hecho de que el recuerdo de su padre en su mente sea de él bailando en esa habitación negra debe significar lo contrastante de sus sentimientos hacia él. Debió ser el recuerdo de él en el que lo vio más feliz y desenvuelto. Disfrutando el momento. Un recuerdo que terminó oscurecido por su suicidio. Rememorar los últimos días que compartió con él, en aparente felicidad, pero que en realidad estaba lleno de tristeza, de presión. Intentar hacer las pases con ese individuo al que nunca conoció verdaderamente pero que en el fondo sabía que la amaba como nada en el mundo. Excelente selección de canción para una excelente escena final.
One thing I haven’t seen anyone mention. The last dance between father and daughter should be at her wedding, but Callum knew he doesn’t have that chance. That’s why he insists.
More of an emotional response to this scene on the second and third viewing then on the initial viewing. Perhaps the viewer is more aware of its implications. Really brings the theme of the movie home.
Yes the first time I watched it took it at face value. This didn’t stop me sobbing sporadically over the next 24hrs though. The second time I was looking for clues related to Calum’s state of mind and then it hit me. WE are Sophie. The scenes with Calum by himself are what’s in adult Sophie’s imagination. We don’t know if he went into the sea, we don’t know what he was doing balancing on those railings, we don’t know how he came to buy the rug & we don’t know if he did walk in front of a bus. We are trying to piece together his movements, what he was doing & feeling when he wasn’t with Sophie. As Sophie must’ve done when looking back to that holiday and the times they weren’t together. She was trying to understand what triggered him to do what we think he did. An amazingly clever film because the voyeurs (us) don’t know that we are part of the movie. This is why it hits us so hard. Calum becomes our father too.
@Carousel Cakes What an interesting take that I hadn't thought of! It would make so much sense that Sophie is trying to piece together what could have happened and imagining these scenarios throughout the movie when Calum is alone as she wonders what he went through or how he felt. So very powerful.
This sequence is a masterclass in directing and a truly stunning cinematic achievement. Charolette Well's ending for AFTERSUN ranks alongside movies like TITANIC for a totally genius film ending that is both bittersweet, heart wrenching, yet incredibly emotionally satisfying for the audience.
I knew from the director's commentary that the ending was different in the screenplay. Thank you for letting me see it in contrast. I'm careful who I share this beautiful film with...
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The last scene of this film gutted me. He shuts the camera and walks away into his daughter's memories. The only place people who've left us still remain.
that's a nice interpretation... 🙂..
for dumb folks like me, you're a blessing.. 😀😂
@@ChotaDoctor1122 You’re not dumb! I had to watch it twice to make my own sense of it all
There was no need to make sob again, bro
For me, I thought that rave scene was Sophie’s imagination of Callum’s last moments. Decades after his death, she has been stuck in this “what the hell happened after I left when he was all alone,” replaying this imagination in her head thousands of times. This scene is basically her imagining “why did you do that to yourself” but always getting stumped here, because that seemingly happy holiday together never changed the fact that he had to go to that rave and be found dead the next day. So this last scene is playing on endless repeat, like a home video on a camcorder, in her head, but she never really saw him going to that rave so that’s why the rave is right outside the airport corridor, because she literally can’t imagine how he could’ve gotten to that rave being where he was mentally while willingly going there with an intention to kill himself. She became his age and a parent like him, but she still can’t understand why he had to die. He is seen in this scene, his eyes so distant, still willingly walking towards his death, instead of his daughter. This scene painfully shows her grief, the distance she feels from her dad, and her inability to understand him or his death.
I saw this movie four times at the theaters, soon I’ll be seeing it for the fifth time lol
@@iamhannahjasmine An absultely brilliant comment. I've seen it only once so far, but it's stuck in my head. What I see is his last dance in Turkey, and his las dance ever, on the rave he attended after he came back, or maybe it is the rave that she is attending and she has visions of him there, raving next to her. What do you think? He is wearing the same shirt as in the airport, so the last image of her father ever. The way she remembers him last time she saw him. Adult Sophie trying to reach out to him, to grab him, to make him explain... but it's just the silence. She will never find out why he did it and left her although he seemingly loved her a lot. And it's gonna haunt her till the rest of her life.
The final scene makes the entire film a jewel
It is quite literally incredible I wonder how she thought of it
The film truly became art when the song started.
and is also the initial scene, pay attention once you watch again the film
I would go as far to say that if Charlotte did ANYTHING in the final 10 minutes differently, the movie would not work nearly as well as it did. It is so precisely devastating. I feel like she must’ve written the ending first, then built up everything else around it to make it that much more affecting.
I actually think the whole film is so well pitched and paced. Everything about this film makes it a jewel.
Love how she made the ending more simple, made it way more powerful
She cut those scenes brilliantly. If you want to know more, here’s a link to an interview in which she talks about the editing/writing process: th-cam.com/video/UUnmBMCcLTU/w-d-xo.html
Super interesting changes! Especially since the ending scene is a sensitive and delicate as is, I also think her choices were good choices
@@ScreenplayWise thank you for the link :)
I agree. Ending on that moment with the double doors with the rave going on behind them is the perfect ending in my opinion. It's a beautiful and heartbreaking image that tells a lot about how memory can work in strange ways. I love it.
Yes, less is more
Possibly the most haunting scene of a non horror movie.
is the narrative that he killed himself?
@@JulianBreslin yes
This one together with the ending of "The Father" with Anthony Hopkins.
@@JulianBreslin yes exactly!!! i read the synopsis on wikipedia, and there's not a single mention of suicide or anything. it's literally the most important thing in the movie
I swear poeple say this to any minor creepy non horrer movie
Listen we’re all happy Brendan Fraser is back but you cannot tell me this man here doesn’t deserve the Oscar win for this!
Agreed, no fat suit necessary
I personally feel he must win atleast one award
I'd be happy with him or Colin Farrell winning but it's likely to be Austin Butler who I don't want to win.
Honestly paul is such an amazing actor i’m sure he’s gonna have more than one opportunity in the future to win an oscar, this time i think is for brendan
for sure
An incredible example of "show, don't tell". A scene designed to hit you hard...
I rewatched again recently noticed he chokes up saying "bye" so he knew this would be the last time too.
I guess this hole movie is an example
When you think cinema is dying just remember there are these little jewels hidden somewhere anyone wants to watch.
I'd had a run of films I was completely underwhelmed by, or disliked - was weirdly anxious I had lost my lifelong love of cinema. Then I saw this.
The places we needed to look for gems like this one just changed.
I had just come off Aquaman 2 and some other Marvel-adjacent diarrhea. I was feeling pretty burnt on film. Then this scene hit and I realized no, I do still love film. A great score, the perfect shot, the perfect performance, beautiful. I know it's harder and riskier to do, but fucking christ how anyone with 200 million to burn wouldn't want to make 30 of these instead of one piss awful film, I'll never know. I guess that's why I don't have 200 mil to burn.
Try MUBI. It’s a film subscription. I first saw Aftersun on there. And it has an incredible catalogue filled with of absolute gems.
A24 has that. Maybe not Oscar worthy stuff when it comes to their thrillers and horror movies. But Dramas…absolutely artistic. This film and Moonlight will always hold a place in my heart.
I sob uncontrollably even just THINKING about this scene. It’s masterful and shows the patience and restraint of an incredibly seasoned filmmaker - even though this is her first major feature film.
I look forward to seeing what she does next..
I'm a single dad who has it good but I sobbed uncontrollably.
Well said.
For me "masterful" might not be an appropriate enough word to describe this film. This film is purely "unique", not any master (not even the filmmaker herself I fear) can recreate the soul of this scene.
The last shot of Calum just standing was incredibly painful.
And how he enters to the end of the hall, which is in darkness. I comprenhend in that last scene he stops being happy and he buries in his depression one more time. Well, at least is what I get when he enters throught the dark depths.
@@45dable my read of it is that the rave scenes are what’s happening inside adult Sophie’s head, so she gets closer and closer to reaching Calum as she watches the tapes trying to hold on to him, and him entering the rave at the end is because that’s the last time she saw her dad, so from then on he only exists in her memory
@@JimboCKW good analysis, in my case I keep with the idea he drowns in his depression and possibly he suicides, vanishes or die for any reason. I don't know, but something happens with him that is the way I read the scene.
I see the rave scenes as regrets and guilt
@@45dable it was pointed a lot he was suicidal.. not to the mention the postcard that was for Sophie whenever she got home! I truly believe he planned his death and this last trip with her. Because he knew he wasn’t ever gonna see her again.
I just loved how absolutely nuanced this movie was. It portrayed depression, disattachment and
mental crises so … tenderly. So rare for a film. I watched it expecting some huge fallout or massive yelling scene, or even a death being shown but it remained focused on just giving us a very real and raw depiction
So true. I watched this film with a sense of "what's going on?" Expecting a big revealing moment that never came. And it's so much more powerful for it. Instead it showed us what we don't see. What we hide - what's not obvious. What was apparent was that he had no regard for his well being. I was busy wondering why. Sometimes the why won't make sense. He was trying so hard. Utterly heartbreaking.
@@jillmayer9501 so true! It makes you feel so uncomfortable but then so .. comfortable during their family scenes with signs and hints that something sinister is going on beneath the surface but makes the audience read between the lines. It’s one of those films you finish and just think about when the credits roll. Amazing.
Spot on, for awhile, because the ending is vague I took it not as suicide, but her father losing himself to other demons.
There was a scene very early on when he steps outside to smoke where it looks like he's shooting up drugs.
It is usually you lose someone to suicide in real life… No drama, no madness before death, just time passing by.
Can’t believe this movie wasn’t nominated for best picture and best director
It's not a commercial movie. The only explanation I guess. Al least here in Brazil the movie was not played on big theaters. Only alternative places. Hollywood doesn't like that I think.
@@leonardohenriquemeressilva614 Exato!
I think a24 is really bad at oscar campaigns. They put all their eggs in one basket with everything everywhere and left this by the wayside. It being a debut film with no big names also played a role in it being ignored
who cares about prices and nomination, its a master piece it all that matter :-)
@@sticktheman4873 Everything Everywhere is overrated. Also, the Oscars are a joke. It’s nice to see quality pictures and actors win awards which brings awareness to the art and the talent, but it really isn’t a judge of quality. It’s politics.
One of the beautiful things about this film is how the audience's relationship with it mirrors Sophie's relationship with this holiday. On first viewing we see it from the innocent child Sophie's perspective as we are still in the dark to Calum's struggles and ultimate fate. Upon revisiting it however we, like adult Sophie, can't help but look for the signs at what was really going on with her dad.
Great insight! It's fascinating how the audience's perspective can evolve and change with each viewing of a film, and how our understanding of the characters and their experiences can deepen over time. Speaking of gaining a deeper understanding of the protagonist's perspective, you might find this post on the film helpful: www.screenplaywise.com/1135/03/into-the-protagonists-perspective-aftersun/. It explores how the film invites us to see the world through Sophie's eyes, and how her journey parallels our own as viewers. Thanks for sharing your thoughts! 🤗📽
Yeah I thought it was another coming-of-age story. None of Calum behavior struck me as odd until he walked into the ocean at night fully clothed
@@Pink-756d33yeahh, i actually thought when *spoilers*
Calum spat on the mirror, it was kind of a Scottish tradition before going out. I was so confused that time.
That last scene might be the single most affecting moment I've ever experienced in a film
as soon as that score hits it's over
How do I explain why from now on I will be crying every time Under Pressure plays?
Same here
Same. And I used to listen to that song a lot. But can’t really do it anymore 😭
@@negardanaeifard6166 I know, totally changed the song forever!
I love the way that the movie make us to decode what's going on in the first minute to the last minutes and it turns out that the movie is about Sophie decoding why his father commit suicide even they had a great dad and daughter time in turkey. Hauntingly Beautiful,
10/10
how do you knowhe committed suicide?
@@txw2586 it isn’t explicit but it’s clear that he suffers from depression, anxiety and has self harm tendencies (the scenes when he’s on top of the railing of the balcony like he’s about to jump and when he rushes to the ocean and almost drowns) and since she never sees him again after the trip we can assume that he probably killed himself. also there’s a a sense of anger that comes from adult sophie in those rave scenes, she’s mad that he would commit suicide when she had no idea he was going through something like that, which is also why she’s watching back the tapes imo, she wants to look back at the signs and understand why
@@babi8026 Thanks for sharing. I was kind of hope that they’ve just lost connection despite all these signs. Well, let me go have another good cry
@@txw2586 there’s also one quick shot before the dance sequence it cuts to Callum crying there’s a post it note sent that seems it’s going to be sent to Sophie saying sorry and that he loves her
@@johnathanamaya7108 Oh , I thought that was just a postcard that he sent to her during that trip. I assume his suicide was at a later stage not right after the trip. But this could be
His voice breaking when he says "bye" at 3:53. Utterly heartbreaking. Phenomenal from every aspect as a film
The
"Callum is gone
Sophie stands alone" line hits just as hard as the entire movie.
Imagine how it must have felt for Charlotte to write those 2 lines.
the price of art is pain
@@faviolaura9403Close. The price of pain is art.
Trust me, it hurt more before those words were written than it did after.
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This guy needs to stop playing too sweet and vulnerable characters. He is so good that I get tears in my eyes even when he is just doing interviews. He is gonna be a huge star!
Here's pretty rotten in God's Creatures
He's just played Stanley Kowalski in 'A Streetcar Named Desire'. The opposite of sweet and vulnerable!
@@scottishphotographer oh really, I haven't seen that one yet. I will check it out, thanks.
딸을 혼자키우는 우울증 걸린 아빠로서, 딸과의 추억 파편이 제가 없어도 살아가는 동안 기둥이 되었으면 좋겠습니다.
배우들의 절제된 연기와 감독의 연출은 미쳤습니다..
영화를 본지 시간이 흘렀지만 잔상과 여운이 가시질 않는 masterpiece 입니다.
꼭 힘내서 오래도록 그 추억 ’같이‘ 해주셨으면 합니다. 어린시절 부모님이 이혼하시고 자살시도도 하셨는데 그런 기억때문에 부모님과의 추억이 검은장면뿐입니다. 부모님이 힘들건 기쁘건 슬프건 혹은 짜증이나도 자식에게는 ’가면‘만 기억이 됩니다. 아무리 힘들어도 자식에게 행복하고 좋은 추억만 꼭 남거주세요.
The decision to make the very final scene simpler with the camera stopping the pan to the doors to the rave is an absolute genius one. Sets the tone for the whole film, for the whole mood adult Sophie had for the entire session of her rewatching the video tape and also for a second viewing as well. Nothing short of brilliant and perfect that make me want to thank every single person that worked on this film for giving us such a masterpiece.
I had never cried as hard because of a film, but this final scene touched me in a different way. I only started crying during the last shot, but I couldn't stop sobbing for 45 minutes
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oh god, same experience. I just went gone from the cinema and I cried (bit hysterically )nonstop all the way
I had the same experience. I was just sitting there watching the credits roll by and sobbing for like half an hour
When she scrunches her eyes whilst pressed into his chest & ‘love, love, love’ is echoing.
My heart can’t take it, she loved her father sooo much.
That subtle yet profound moment absolutely wrecked me. Especially since I have a daughter Sophie’s age.
I've got a niece about as old as Sophie and I feel it.
I never thought I'd make to 30 myself, let alone 40. I'm 43 now and the void is enormous. This scene was thrilling, the whole movie I recognize myself in him so much. This song and how's adapted to the scene is remarkable. This movie should've gotten way many more nominations by the Academy.
we're so proud of you
Hope you are doing good!
I love how after you realise it’s been adult Sophie watching the videos on her tv the audience must look back at the whole film again differently, as if sifting through memories just like adult Sophie had been doing the whole time
Such a clever film. WE ARE Sophie, we just don’t realise it until the end which is why it hits us so hard. We only know as much as she does & like her we’re trying to piece it all together & understand Calum. I’ve never seen anything like this before, a week later I’m still thinking about Calum & trying to understand him….just like Sophie.
@carouselcakes6237 yes and in hindsight the framing of some of the scenes being kind of frustrating and obscured for the audience (IMO) is Sophie's experience too of looking back trying to piece together a fuller picture of her father from fragments of recordings and her childhood memories
The director gives you lots of clues but you have to look for them. Like when Sophie is asleep and we see Calum. That's obviously not through Sophies eyes.
Some of the best use of music in a scene I’ve ever seen, and probably the best movie I’ve seen this year. Also the moment that actually destroyed me was when you see adult Sophie meeting her father in the rave and you just see the anger flashing across her face. As she’s grabbing for her father, you can’t tell if she’s fighting him or embracing him. I suppose she was fighting to embrace him. Absolutely broke my heart
I'm not exactly a big crier, but man, I couldn't stop sobbing watching this scene and the end of this wonderful movie. The music, the lights, the actors, the emotions and the tragedy. Just a perfect movie. Paul was absolutely brilliant
He truly deserved the Oscar nom 🌟
When I watched that part, I was like... okay, something's definitely happening in my soul, right now... what a haunting experience. Great, great film making.
yes, that movie give us a feeling we had never experienced before. Stunning masterpiece
This movie destroyed me. It’s such a brilliant, beautiful, and heartbreaking film. I don’t know if I can ever watch it again, but I recommend everyone watch it at least once.
Totally agree! It's one of those films that leaves a deep impact 💔 It can be a tough watch, but it’s so worth it for the experience
I can only imagine how much it hurt to write down
Calum is gone.
Sophie stands alone.
Yes. That is so heart-wrenching to see adult Sophie standing alone and younger Sophie still smiling at the same time, not knowing what will happen to her.
The use of "Under Pressure" is in my opinion the best use of a song in a film
never cried so much for a movie, it fully broke me and showed me emotions I didn't know I had
So ashamed of myself, I broke down to tears and haven't stop yet. And I am a 58 yo woman who've seen a lot
@@rossellabor no need to be ashamed, its a beautiful movie. Impressive to see it hits people from different ages (I'm 23)
Paul Mescal deserves an Oscar nomination for Best Actor. He was phenomenal in this film.
From the day I had seen the movie I've become Mescalero. And I'm not even Apache. Thanks at least to BAFTA for nomination for him. I'm not sure about Oscar though. It would shame actually
He did get it❤
I didn't dare to hope, but he actually got it! So happy for him
Comments that aged well!
@@romilrh So do I. I hope at least BAFTA get it right and give him award
That music that starts playing when we see calum for the last time, it’s so nostalgic and heartbreaking, breaks me everytime i hear it
saw this in a small cinema last night by myself and cried uncontrollably in the cinema toilets afterwards. This film will haunt me for a long time. Beautiful but harrowingly sad
It’s so personal, raw, authentic and so utterly devastating that it hits home no matter how much walls you’ve built within yourself, this movie truly touches you deeply.
What I truly love about it too is that he recognizes how young Sophie accepts and loves him no matter what…yeah she was hurt by him, she felt abandoned and still she’s there saying happy birthday and asking people to sing to him. She forgave him from the heart cause she loves her dad that much…unconditionally. Calum realizes of this and instead of that sparking some light in his heart -which matches so breathtakingly beautifully in this last scene when “why don’t we give love one more chance” sounds- he feels so unworthy of her love and ends up succumbing to guilt and shame. To escaping from reality.
Wow, my face is still swollen from sobbing and I watched for the first time last night.
Masterpiece.
The biggest part is shame. He can't stand the thought of his daughter growing up and recognising the mess he's in. In that holiday she is already starting to sense that something's wrong and that's what breaks him most.
However, ultimately, nothing could let Sophie down more than suicide.
Culture pressures men to be strong and to be the providers. I think that's the biggest reason why the suicide rate of depressed men is 7% vs 1% for women (I'm just an armchair psychiatrist though so don't take my word for it).
A man isn't supposed to look weak. But the reality is that your kids first and foremost need you to be there and to love them.
More than depression itself, I think what pushes someone to commit suicide is the shame of showing valunerability.
For example with adult Sophie we see her look openly sad as her partner wishes her happy birthday. Openly sharing her depression with someone she loves no doubt helps her through it instead of having to put on a front.
I fully broke apart during the slow pan across Sophie's apartment as you see all of the musical equipment, especially the record player and big speakers. In Sophie's imagination, she's seeing him on ecstasy at a rave, after a couple of inferences during the film about Callum having been a raver, and she's reaching out to him unable to grab any part of her dad. We've already seen the rug too earlier in the film, so there had already been clues that he would commit suicide between the holiday and the modern day.
So in that slow pan across everything she owns, everything clicks into place; Sophie has a deep love for music. She's got a guitar, she's got old records, she's got the big speakers for playing her music loud, she's got her dad's rug, and she's sitting alone watching the old videos of this holiday.
So much of Sophie's apartment, and so much of her life has been built around trying to find whatever connection she could find with him. Trying to find connections in music and raving and watching an old home video of their holiday. And nobody does that unless they lose their dad young - "This is our last dance" was more specific than we think. That was the last time she saw him. Then we get to the final shot of Callum in the airport, with him walking off into the rave, and the door settling closed behind him; a barrier preventing Sophie from finding that connection, which just sits as a final twist of the knife.
It's one of the best examples of visual storytelling I've ever seen. Absolutely heartbreaking.
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This film broke me, and I’ll never listen to that song the same way again.
Absolute masterpiece. A perfect portrait of Male depression.
100% silent but all consuming
A perfect portrait of a weak male.
Depression*
It's a masterpiece, now up there with the the greatest pieces of film in film history, this is their last dance, I cried gloops. Charlotte Wells the writer and director is a name we are all going to know.
You should watch her short films, they are at: charlotte-wells.com
@@ScreenplayWise thank you I certainly will
My dad died in December and watching this film absolutely ruined me. Too close to home rn but so beautiful ❤
I'm sorry for your loss and the emotional impact the film 'Aftersun' had on you. It's important to take the time you need to heal and feel your emotions. Take care 🤗
I will remember this scene for the rest of my life. I finished the movie two hours ago and I'm still crying.
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This scene is gut wrenching. I can't stop watching it. 10/10
Paul Mescal is gonna go down as one of the greats. I’ve never seen acting like it, his performance in this movie and normal people is just incredible
He enhances every line of dialogue or action line in the screenplay, really... what an actor!
With my son in Turkey at the moment watching this scene with tears in my eyes. It's our last night here too.
Mi papá falleció hace tiempo y por un par de años no había pensado en él más allá de la versión idealizada que existe de él después de su partida. Viendo Aftersun no pude evitar relacionar mis vivencias junto a mi papá cuando yo era niño, pensé mucho cuando me llevó a Disney de California, solo él y yo, tenía más o menos la edad de Sophie y también lo grabé todo. Sin esperarlo, pude al fin volver a mi papá como era, un ser humano con luchas y penas, alguien de verdad que, a pesar de sus desaciertos, solo quería verme el bien. Y yo, ahora tengo 31, viviendo uno de los peores años de mi vida, recién habiéndome quedado sin trabajo, abandonado por alguien que quise mucho, tratando de poner mi vida en orden otra vez, y pensando en que mi papá sabría qué hacer. Lo extraño mucho, y extraño mi antigua vida.
Mucha suerte amigo, piensa que siempre tienes a tus amigos y demás familia a tu lado, y que La vida acababa yendo mejor para ti, como tu padre habría querido. Mucha suerte y de verdad quiero que nunca se te olvide que la vida es preciosa, aunque a veces cueste verlo :=')!.
I remember being sort of bored in the beginning of this movie and suddenly I was totally into Calum and Sophie's relationship. This scene broke my heart, and it's one of the most beautiful things I ever watched.
I didn't start crying until the credits started to roll, and everything just kind of hit me at once. What a devastating movie. Beautiful and brilliant, but devastating.
One of the best ending scenes of all time. Everything about it is masterfully crafted, into one incredible, emotionally gripping and visually stunning sequence.
Hope this movie gets recognition at the Oscars
We'll know soon 🤞
Sadly I wasn’t expecting much in terms of noms for this movie. But extremely glad Paul Mescal got nominated for best actor, very much deserved
Paul Mescal was nominated!! 🎉🎉🎉
@@marcjohnson3553 yes Paul being nominated is a win in itself
@Kevin Barco Ladines Not only, but Best Picture, Cinematography, Editing, Directing
this scene is pure art. The best I've seen in years
This is my favorite ending to a film EVER. I love this movie so much that it makes my heart ache. Thank you Charlotte Wells for making such beautiful art!
That last scene just tears me up. What a film!!! Stays with you for ages. Makes us all think about what our parents were going through when we were too young to understand.
this is probably my favorite scene of any movie I have seen to this day. I think about it at least once a week and every time I watch this video I cry uncontrollably. This movie shows what depression feels like, at least what it feels like for me. I am forever grateful pieces of art like this exist!
Filmi ve çekildiği yerleri beğendin mi ?
I’m glad to see so many people can relate and feel meaning from this scene. It had me thinking for a couple weeks afterwards.
Still one of, if not the best ending of all time. This film was a masterpiece
Deserved all the praise it got 🤩
As a single dad to an 8 year old girl who shows so much love to me, much more than I feel deserving of, this scene destroys me so much
This film unravelled something deep within in me and I could not stop crying for HOURS after it ended. I don't think any other film has hit me on such a personal level or made me have such a visceral reaction. What a quietly devastating story.
I hope he gets the oscar, either way such an amazing actor with or without the award.
A movie that builds and builds and builds and then it delivers all at once. Incredible
5 minutes of total breakdown 💔
I couldn't stop crying in this scene. With this scene, I fully sympathized with the feelings of the two characters. I could understand the message the director was trying to convey at once. Of course, the power of music played a part.
This scene makes me cry every time I watch it. It’s my favorite final shot in any film
The 360 degree transitions from 3:57 to 5:15 are mind blowing.
This is so creative and powerful
The juxtaposition of their "Last Dance" with the "Dance of Doom" Calum does in the rave!
Look at his graceful dance, coaxing Sophie to join him, his face split into a benign smile, every fibre of his being radiating love and happiness, the way he grips Sophie in a tight embrace, the way she playfully pushes him away.
And then in the rave, he's not dancing but "dancing away" from something, not graceful but desperate, maniacal, possessed. His face is a mask of fatigue and agony, anxiety and worry perverting his kind and beautiful features into something alien. The way Sophie's trying to lock him into an embrace, trying to calm him down, tell him she's there for him, hoping he'll recognize her and relax, which he does but for a fleeting moment.
And finally, the way he pushes her away and falls into the same abyss that has claimed countless lives.
Absolutely adored this film. And this ending just pours with emotion. I also love how it’s up for interpretation so from what I’ve gathered is that throughout the film this is a very important age for her. She doesn’t know if she should hang with the older teens; her own worries in her own small world perhaps blinded her from her dads true mental state. Older Sophie now tries to grasp her dads issues through the recordings but the flashing lights shows her memory is fragmented and is trying to piece it together. I also took note of the many reflections throughout the film (e.g. the reflection of the gate) which I think shows her reflection of her memories. Just these subtle components of the film like the reflections and the nudge towards the dads mental state when he said “ I’m surprised I made it to 30” makes the movie that much more cleverly powerful. Just wow! Well done Charlotte Wells! This movie a masterpiece and probably one of the best films I’ve seen!
Love your comment! Just so you know: in the holidays, Calum is turning 31, the same age adult Sophie is (remember that scene in which her girlfriend/wife wishes her happy birthday?)
My thoughts exactly. This is perhaps my favorite film of all time. No movie has captivated me quite as much as this one did. It’s simply brilliant !
Interesting to read about the alternate ending in the script. I guess that version with the beach would have destroyed only 98,5% of my soul.
I think the original version is more distressing. We are left alone in an empty and cold hall, whereas the alternate ending is more comforting, with the ocean and the two of them sprinting together.
Where can we read the alternative ending?
@@user-xr7hf3lp3h In this TH-cam video?!?
Lol, my bad I'm meant like the script version. Like in pdf file 😅
@@user-xr7hf3lp3h search it on Google it's easy to find, I did haha I want to read it :='pl
It's the hug that gets me, it's like she knows she's lost him
This scene broke me. Thankfully, I still have both of my parents with me. But I know at some point I’ll lose them, and It’s a very real fear I live with everyday. This scene brought it to the surface and I’m dealin with it. Can help but cry when I remember it.
Same. I've never experienced death in my immediate family. I'm so scared and I don't know if i'll ever cope when the day comes. :(
damn so powerful with emotions, makes me want to cry and throw up at the same time. This movie has became one of the reasons I want to pursue filmmaking.
Happy to hear that! The best of luck!
Do it! The world needs more artists!
The split second of Paul mescal’s face as he stares off to the distance, after he drops his camera just instantly made me burst to tears man
Sophie’s talk of that feeling after a really nice day just came back to me and hit me like a truck
This movie is effortlessly flawless, in a way I can’t quite put into words. It truly is a cinematic masterpiece; Hands down, my favorite film of all time. It conveys so much raw, human emotion using mostly body language, facial expression and innuendo. This is a rare film that stays with you long after watching it. The ending ties everything up and leaves you haunted.
This is as good as it gets.
You know that you accidentally mentionted in your commentary two more Queen songs. Body Language and Innuendo are titles of their lesser known tracks. They also have two songs about suicide Don't Try Suicide and Keep Passing The Open Windows. You're right about this movie being a masterpiece. Though it isn't my favorite movie of all time it definitely has one of best ending sequence in a history of cinema.
Crazy how Paul Mescal has gone from the back of a bus on its way to Ballyhaunis to an Oscar-nominated actor. Mad respect.
I have never been hit so hard by a movie like Aftersun. Such a masterpiece
The way he says "Bye", pulls me down every time.
Jfc. I watched this movie yesterday and I think it got a good permanent place in my brain now. I just woke up and cried for like 20 minutes
right before the final score piece starts playing, I was sobbing hard. This end is a master work
This is one of the most heart-wrenching scenes I've ever seen in a movie. The song was a brilliant choice.
What got me in this movie was Callum cutting his own bandage off with the barrier being the wall, but the daughter is trying to connect but young. So many levels man in this movie.
I genuinely think that those that don't like this movie didn't understand it, at all!
Truly exceptional piece of storytelling, but maybe not everyone can see what’s behind the surface of the film 🎞️
I don't understand why this hits you so hard, it just does. Just goes to show the talent of the film makers ability to connect with the audience.
Today I saw this for the second time and it really hit me hard. I took my friend with me who is an avid cinema lover but he didn't get it . He said the film was irritating him and asked me if I really consider this film as a masterpiece. Shame. My response was Yes I do!
I think it’s because the narrative and message of the whole film are spread out in the build up to the last 15 or so minutes - and then it all hits you like a truck
The ending is brilliant, what a tremendous debut for a filmmaker.
This movie and last scene are the purest form of art and talent!♥️
one of the most painful movies ive ever watched, could not control my tears in this movie
A crushingly beautiful finale.. that subtle flicker of the purgatory that awaits him. What an incredible film!
One of the most powerful scenes I've seen in a while. No magic, no special fx.
i will never recovered from this scene
After watching it a second time I find myself begging for him to not walk through those doors. Utterly heartbreaking in such a complex way. I don’t know what to do with myself
I do think the same too
El hecho de que el recuerdo de su padre en su mente sea de él bailando en esa habitación negra debe significar lo contrastante de sus sentimientos hacia él. Debió ser el recuerdo de él en el que lo vio más feliz y desenvuelto. Disfrutando el momento. Un recuerdo que terminó oscurecido por su suicidio. Rememorar los últimos días que compartió con él, en aparente felicidad, pero que en realidad estaba lleno de tristeza, de presión.
Intentar hacer las pases con ese individuo al que nunca conoció verdaderamente pero que en el fondo sabía que la amaba como nada en el mundo.
Excelente selección de canción para una excelente escena final.
The last shot is masterful
So much melancholy in this scene. A beautiful moment and then it’s gone.
The background score is enough to make me shit my pants and cry
Oliver Coates did a brilliant (and heartbreaking) work 💔 Sad thing he didn't get the awards he deserved
One thing I haven’t seen anyone mention. The last dance between father and daughter should be at her wedding, but Callum knew he doesn’t have that chance. That’s why he insists.
you’re making me cry again i can’t
This is probably the best scene i've ever watched in a movie. I just can't stop thinking about it.
I literally cant watch this ending scene without crying my god it’s just so perfect
More of an emotional response to this scene on the second and third viewing then on the initial viewing. Perhaps the viewer is more aware of its implications. Really brings the theme of the movie home.
Yes the first time I watched it took it at face value. This didn’t stop me sobbing sporadically over the next 24hrs though.
The second time I was looking for clues related to Calum’s state of mind and then it hit me. WE are Sophie. The scenes with Calum by himself are what’s in adult Sophie’s imagination. We don’t know if he went into the sea, we don’t know what he was doing balancing on those railings, we don’t know how he came to buy the rug & we don’t know if he did walk in front of a bus. We are trying to piece together his movements, what he was doing & feeling when he wasn’t with Sophie. As Sophie must’ve done when looking back to that holiday and the times they weren’t together. She was trying to understand what triggered him to do what we think he did.
An amazingly clever film because the voyeurs (us) don’t know that we are part of the movie. This is why it hits us so hard. Calum becomes our father too.
@Carousel Cakes What an interesting take that I hadn't thought of! It would make so much sense that Sophie is trying to piece together what could have happened and imagining these scenarios throughout the movie when Calum is alone as she wonders what he went through or how he felt. So very powerful.
I wrote something similar re: scenes of Calum by himself on another video. Nice to know someone else thought so, too!
The 'bye' at 3:51 really got to me for some reason.
Oscar Winning Scene
still haven't managed to view this scene once without sobbing
This sequence is a masterclass in directing and a truly stunning cinematic achievement. Charolette Well's ending for AFTERSUN ranks alongside movies like TITANIC for a totally genius film ending that is both bittersweet, heart wrenching, yet incredibly emotionally satisfying for the audience.
I knew from the director's commentary that the ending was different in the screenplay. Thank you for letting me see it in contrast. I'm careful who I share this beautiful film with...
Your welcome!! Hope you enjoy it although it’s really sad 😔