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This movie makes you cherish Sophie so much, as she is such a kind, intelligent and pure soul. Which makes the ending all the more tragic. Seeing Sophie's childlike innocence when she says good bye to her father, right after the audience realizes that Callum will end his own life after the events of the film, is the most painful thing for me.
Can't agree more! A major reason why this movie was so powerful is because it was told through the pure, loving, and innocent eyes of Sophie.
Something that I picked up on that I haven’t seen mentioned in the comments is the story Calum tells of his parents forgetting his 11th birthday. What I felt throughout the whole movie is that Calum was emotionally neglected as a child and through his parenting of Sofie he is re experiencing that pain. Take for example how upset he is when he is apologizing for leaving Sofie without a room key. He feels so bad because he doesn’t want her to feel forgotten which is what he felt growing up. I think I picked up on this underlying theme because I was raised by a mother who was emotionally abused and neglected as a child and I saw her struggle through her pain to be a parent to me. By age 10 I was expected to behave as an adult so seeing the main character in this movie actually get to be a kid at 11 really punched me in the gut.
Yes. This.
You spend the whole movie worrying that something awful will happen to Sophie, but it doesn't. What actually happens to her is far worse. It's a masterpiece.
One of the commonest remarks people make after learning of someone's suicide is, "But he/she seemed so happy!"
"How could they do it"
"I had no idea"
The juxtaposition of Calum's last dance with Sophie at the end of their holidays, the way he's smiling, the way he holds her, the playful way she pushes him off
And then his dance at the rave, desperate, maniacal, possessed, his face a mask of agony and desolation, and Sophie's attempts to get through to him, to comfort him, to somehow make him feel loved and protected and cared for as he did for her.
This makes it so gut-wrenching.
I felt throughout the movie that he could end his life at any time, my question wasn’t if but when
For me the most moving and devastating scene was Sophie singing “losing my religion “ and beckoning him initially then relenting as she realises he won’t join her.
This film is a true masterpiece and resonates with me as the parent not the child.
this film affected me so much I still think about it, it's brilliant how it makes you feel without showing much, most of my friends who watched the movie said to me they didn't understand, and some say their eyes filled with tears and they were confused about why it happened, and for me I was sobbing when we come to the dance scene because it finally hits you, this is their last dance, it's tragic but it is shown so beautifully, so tender, I wouldn't want it any other way, and I usually don't like the regular tragic/sob stories, but this movie is different, they way it's shown to us, they way we connect with characters, maybe this is why it affected me so much more than a regular tragic film
I think it has such a powerful effect precisely because it doesn't try to get out of its way to tell a 'tragic' story but rather focuses on how to depict as authentic an experience as possible, so you feel it because you genuinely connect with it rather than depend on one scene or element that try to jerk your tears..
What really hit me with that last dance, is that we know at that point the film is from Sophies point if view, there is a moment where she embraces him and it FEELS like she knows this will be her last time embracing him with all her love.
I know a lot of people say her father kills himself and they are probably right, but I took the end dance when it's intercut with adult Sophie trying to comfort her wasted looking father as perhaps her last attempt at trying to pull him from his downward spiral.
The ending he returns to a life of drugs and alcohol symbolised by returning to the rave.
I really found this movie to be both beautiful and devastating. It still lingers within me 3 weeks after seeing it.
At first i too didn't understand.. bcz i was thinking others and making other sence. dn i watch 2 , 3 videos.. this one is 3rd .. I'm crying now. Their bond was so precious, how much he loved her and shee too him .. this movie ❤
This movie bored me for the first half and then slowly an unsettling feeling built up inside me punctuated with flashes of mortal dread like nothing I'd experienced in a movie before. With the climatic dance scene I was ugly crying and didn't stop for long after the film finished.
The mirrors of my own life were crazy. While separating from my ex wife I took our young daughters for our first solo holiday to Oludeniz in Turkey! It brought back all those feelings of going through the motions to give my daughters a great time while inside I felt empty, lonely and cast adrift from myself.
the rave part always gives me chills because it’s such a contrast from the rest of the movie’s 90s-kid’s-family-vacation tone. when adult sophie meets callum in the rave it’s also like she truly understood where he was at that point, as an adult and a parent herself. it made me wonder too what demons she ends up wrestling with in the future
My father passed away in January. I went to see "Aftersun" with my wife a couple weeks ago, and "broken" is such an apt term. I was in tears during the last frames of the film, and full-on cried in the street after leaving the theatre.
This movie broke my heart so much that I don't know when I'll get better. I am from Turkey. I remember going on vacation with my father to the town where the movie was shot when I was little. My eyes filled with tears throughout the movie, but I couldn't cry. Until a Turkish song plays in the background as the scene begins, before Calum and Sophie take a photo on the last night of the vacation. The name of the song is "Gamsız Hayat". I remember the song from my childhood and the lyrics fit the movie so well.
Don't ask me about me calmness
Without looking at my concealed wounds
Don't ask me about my crankiness3
Without knowing my hidden feelings
Do I look without any trouble on the outside?
Do you think I'm too carefree when I don't express my pain?
Do I look without any trouble on the outside?
Carefree life, puts its weird games unto different people
Carefree life, sets up preposterous traps for different people
Carefree life, asks different people about bygones
Carefree life, gets everybody exhausted without looking at a single teardrop
Don't you think that this calmness of mine will end
Without someone being there to surround my wounds
Don't you think that this crankiness of mine will end
Without me expressing my feelings
Do I sound too weak when I share my pain?
Do you think I'm too helpless when I cry of pain?
Do I sound too weak when I share my pain?
Do you think I'm too helpless when I cry of pain?
Oh wow! Thanks for the translation. Another wonderful layer to the film that I would never have imagined. It makes sense though as the music and lyrics are such a key element. 🙏🏾
I went through severe depression when my partner passed away suddenly. I love how you articulated finding the signs to answer the father's suicide but what really cemented it for me (I've only watched the film once in the cinema) was the story of the rug. When someone is depressed and suicidal, it is the tendency of that person to let go of material things. The shot of the rug being with older Sophie towards the end of the movie answered my question (and fear) of what happened to her father. Also one thing that people seemed to miss and it's possibly because it's quite relative to anyone who experienced depression, was the "under pressure" scene. The strobe lighting effect, the absolute agony Paul Mescal's face show when the strobe light goes on, older Sophie trying to wrestle her father out of his misery, the father clinging on to her shoulder. That's how severe depression felt like to me personally. It felt like a rave where you just want to dance nonstop and dance the awful feeling out of me. Significant people tries to lend a hand and tries their best to understand what you're going through but you end up just alienating them in this strobed lighted world. I can see from older Sophie's face that frustration of alienation. Anyway, the title Underpressure says it all. It feels too much pressure coming from all sides and especially inside of you that's hard to articulate that you just have to fling your arms around and be lost in the rave. If you listen to the lyrics closely, it says "turn away from it all like a blind man, sat on the fence but it don't work" and then the shouting of "why" just summed my depression. Left the cinema thinking I can finally tell people I loved how I felt when I was under depression's dark hands. No more trying to articulate it. I felt free.
I haven't caught on that myself but you're right! Now I do see the Underpressure scene in a better light. The film overall can be read in various ways based on what we project onto it. Some of us related more to Callum's suffering, while from some others it mirrored their feelings over the loss of a loved one. Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts and I hope things have gotten better your way 💚
I too welcome that warm, familiar blanket of depression. I actually have nothing left to give or get from this world, so it’s ok for me to let go. I only wonder, what can I do to fix this existence but what will my next existence be like. I’m looking for that someone special who wants to pass on with me, so neither of us can say we were alone. We jumped the broom together.
YES. It's only after Sophie is older that she understands her father. That her embracing him tightly was her trying (wishing) to comfort him as his peer. His face showing so much pain and grief. I wished he had someone to hug him then, like how Sophie does in this dream scenario. It's heartbreaking
This movie has stuck with me 2 months after watching. I still think about it daily. The cinematography, the story, the soundtrack, the actors, it was all perfect. It's up there for me personally with my favorite films like Her, There Will Be Blood or shows like Mr Robot. It hit a nerve and I haven't felt the same since seeing it.
Agreed it was perfect from every angle!
It's amazing how many people seem to feel this way about it. Few films seem to have ever elicited such a powerful, consistent response from their audience.
what hit me the most about this movie is being able to resonate with sophie's perspective of her dad at 11 years old. at 11 years old, we don't know what our parents are like, the only thing we do know is that we love them, they make us happy, and they're our best friends. so when sophie is seeing through the lenses of pure love and joy for her father, it really adds a heavy effect to the loss of her father. i remember seeing that last scene where he enters into the rave thinking "that really messed me up more than i thought".
and what impacted me too is the fact that callum is STRUGGLING in silence, and trying to not involve sophie and just trying to give her the childhood she deserves. i think he truly tried to keep it all together for sophie; especially when he was constantly apologising to her in the mud bath scene because of the goggles. but enough was enough. im glad the uploader of this video pointed out his money splurge, because i did not notice that when i first watched it. i believe he and sophie were conscious of funds earlier in the film.
it's beautiful to see how pure sophie and callum's relationship was and how they really were
pals. so it was very heartbreaking to piece together the outcome of callum's fate towards the last 30 minutes of the movie.
i don't know if this is biased, but this truly is one of the most perfect films i have ever seen.
I don't think a movie has ever resonated with me as much as Aftersun has. My parents separated when I was 10 or 11, and my dad struggled a lot mentally at this time. He would always do things to keep me oblivious to what was happening, like taking trips together or taking me out to go do fun things. Seeing the nature of the relationship between Calum and Sophie really reminds me of my relationship with my dad. I felt 11 years old again while watching this film, almost like these were my memories from a vacation I took. It was both beautiful and heart-wrenching at the same time. All the small moments that seem insignificant at the beginning of the movie, such as Calum talking about possibly buying a house with a guy he is seeing or Sophie interviewing her dad with the camcorder, really tear a hole in your heart at the end. Charlotte Wells did a brilliant job with this film and I hope to see more of her work in the future.
(Also, for anyone that wants to know, my father is doing a lot better now; he got back together with my mom at the beginning of the pandemic and we still take trips together. His mental health has also been slightly improving with time.)
every moment is a gesture of saying goodbye. So heartbreaking.
My rank is 11/10 - this movie is truly a Masterpiece. I'm 45 yo guy who was crying like a baby after the last scene... And "Under Pressure" will never be the same song for me anymore...
I still cry too watching it man, it's a masterpiece to me.
And you know what? With the way the world is now, it's also really comforting going into an Aftersun comment section and seeing people all supporting each other. As it should be.
The biggest underlying feeling or messege behind the movie is that this is a vacation. So somehow this whole movie feels like an "the last supper". That also adds the color of the tragedy for this movie.
well put
This was a movie that I knew I was going to connect with, but I never expected to on the level that I did. Just within the first ten minutes, I was crying, and it wasn't because of anything big; it was all the small details. For me, it really brought me back to what it was like being a kid, all the little details you remember as one. And over time the way that we disconnect with being a kid. We think that we absolutely have to leave those pieces of us behind, the people behind. We think that's what growing up means, but it doesn't have to be that way. Even if those people are long gone, that version of us is long gone; we can always choose to keep the things they gave us
I love how the movie is at such a slow pace allowing you to learn and care about the characters and the side characters included in the movie are realistic and not just added in to create conflict.
Best movie i have seen in the last 5 years at least. All the other oscar nominated movies dont even compare to this masterpiece.
I will never recover from this movie. Never. The moment you start to feel uncomfortable your heart has been already splitted in two
It's one of that rare films each year that hit you with the lingering emotions rather than plot. My new Phantom Thread, Arrival, or The Worst Person in the World.
I haven't seen one out of these three films (Phantom Thread) so this is a perfect reason for me to check it out thank you!
Arrival was excellent.
I had the pleasure recently to watch Paul Mescal perform in ‘A Streecar Named Desire’ in London, having seen Aftersun as well I can see this brilliant actor going places.
@jedi cookie: i'm looking forward to see the film but at the moment there are not much places in my country they put the film on there playing list🙁🙁🙁. I only can hope they soon do beause it's An Oscar nominated film!
I hope you also saw the show Normal People where Paul Mescal did a fantastic job together with Daisy Edgar Jones! He can express feelings very good without saying much. So i really looking forward to see Aftersun.
I have watched Aftersun 4 times, I've cried every single time. Didn't help that I was about turning 27 and experiencing major birthday blues. This review was perfectly made. Also if you guys are in the mood to cry, I recently watched The Invisible Life of Euridice Gusmao. Its a Brazilian film by Karim Aïnouz. It's very similar in the way it feels, not quite as heavy as Aftersun but still very heartbreaking
The more you see yourself in this film the harder it hits, so I perfectly understand you! Thank you for your comment and your recommendation 💚
I have watched Aftersun 3 times and cried more each time. It doesn’t help that I’m turning 75. I no longer have major birthday blues, but I do remember them. I had a loving relationship with my father who died when I was in my teens. There is not a day I don’t think of him and I would not have it any other way. This remarkably subtle, happy and sad film makes me feel more alive because it enables such deep emotions. It also helps me to feel more empathy for people of your age, life can be so hard for some, I want to be a better listener in case one day I find myself having a conversation with Sophie’s dad. And thank you for the film recommendation, I will seek it out.
I'm also here, having seen this movie in my late 20s. A week later I can't stop thinking about it. An absolute masterpiece from top to bottom, it'll age like a fine wine. He passed away from ALS two years ago, but I had lost him to his addictions years before. The emotions tapped in this film astonishingly resonate with this kind of loss. It seems so shockingly vulnerable despite the subtlety in its plot and acting.
I watched this film while working out a few weeks ago. I was a bit distracted while I was watching it so I felt I didn't get all that I could out of it. I watched it later that night with someone I care very much about because I told her I had seen a movie that seemed very special but I needed to watch it again to make sure. We watched it together and about 2 hours later she found out that her father's body had just been discovered as a result of an apparent suicide. This movie will forever have a place in my heart for being a perspective into mental health issues and dealing with tragic loss. Rarely have I felt this strongly about a film, and I want to thank everyone involved in its production for creating such beautiful art, and helping me wrap my head around such an intensely difficult situation.
Suffering from chronic depression and anxiety, I can relate to Callum, but I did seek psychological support and learn to cope with what life has in store. Some days are harder, and sometimes you have to start all over again. I don't think anyone in my life knows the everyday struggles from getting up to going to sleep...
Relating to Callum will come almost naturally when one knows what it feels like to have chronic depression. Glad to hear you had support and learned how to cope, and hope the relapses get less frequent.
@sefoschannel Thank you. The correct emotional support is something I do hope everyone else can receive in this kind of situations.
Sometimes this movie slips into my mind and I begin to cry
I absolutely LOVED this movie. Although, I was an adult when my daddy passed away. I thought of him so much watching this movie. It was a MASTERPIECE. My parents were married until the day my father passed but he also always said I love you when he would say good bye to me. It just left me so emotional. Paul Mescal blew me away with his portrayal and Frankie was perfectly cast. Charlotte Welles is a master craftsman with this film. I really hope this will win at the Oscars. It is just so good. Nothing really happens but at the same time a lot happens.
I'm so glad to know it resonated with you and your experience. You are right this film gives so little yet it means everything 💚
This movie is absolutely gut wrenching.
truly!
I'm not sure if I can remember the last time I was so moved by a film.
Only “I’m thinking of ending things” can slightly compare but even that fantastic film isn’t as good as Aftersun.
I lost my father to the sea at the age of 11 on the day when he was supposed to come comeback by plane from his hometown to my 12th birthday. I had a feeling and feared to ask for a year after. He love me and would take videos and photos of me and it hurt just to see those recording from my happy days. It’s a painful way to go I imagine
I thought the rave symbolised Sophie's memory of her father fading away gradually. As she tries to memorise him by watching the video footage.
A beautiful, heartfelt comment on this gem of a movie. I must confess that, for a while after watching it, I told myself that Calum isn't seen in Sophie's contemporary life because they fought, don't speak anymore, or he just left. But no, I know that's not the case. When I stopped lying to myself, I was ready to cry so much I could've filled up the pool of the film's hotel.
Weeks after watching Aftersun, I still cling on to it. Thank you, Charlotte Wells.
This is testament to how powerful the movie is that we don't want to accept it's true meaning. It's an amazing and extremely sad film.
A gorgeous film that left me in a flood of tears. Superb performances from the two leads. No back story, no force feeding the audience. Subtle, glorious, heart wrenching moments filter through the film. I saw it twice, back to back, and I cannot recall a film ever having such a devastating impact on me. A film that not only should have been Oscar nominated, but deserved the prize.
I just wanted to add, because I loved your video, that many of the shots of Callum are actually a flash-forward after Sophie leaves and he takes his life. When he went into the sea, it was his finale, but we don’t know that until the end, we assume it’s why he’s naked, but he’s actually wearing the same outfit that he’s wearing in the rave. 😞😭
Ah yes you're actually on to something here I didn't think of it that way at all, it would make a lot of sense. Thanks for your comment!
He actually makes it back to the UK in the airport scene at the end. Luton airport
@@AC_Milan1899buddy, that’s in her mind. 💔
It took me about two months -ever since i watched this movie in a small theatre room- to check up on any commentary/analysys. This gave me enough comfort since i don't feel like rewatching it yet
Seriously. Best movie of 2022. Hands down! Great work, Sefo. 😁
It definitely is! Thanks for your comment 💚
The very last shot hit me so hard
Yeah it was truly powerful!
Even though this movie can be triggering for people with a parent that struggles with mental illness, it's also extremely cathartic and healing to see how complex these situations are and how love is simply not enough. So many kids have felt responsible for carrying their parent's pain, hoping they could save them from themselves, if only they could make them proud, be the perfect child, give them enough love. But there's nothing Sophie could have done to stop this. It never was about her. You can love someone deeply and still not be able to stay with them. You can love someone deeply and still feel completely powerless as you witness their downfall. So many things are left unsaid in this movie, just like in real life when tragedy strikes and the only people that could give you answers are long gone. A brilliant masterpiece.
I watch this movie almost 7 days ago, but believe me I cant't forget about the Movie. This movie breaks me perfectly. Afterall this an amazing movie.
You see, my dad's not dead, but the relationship we had when i was 12, when we were the closest we ever were (or could ever be) is gone and buried. This movie made me mourn that in a way i never realized i could
I'm sobbing!! This was such a heartfelt review, thank you so much for making this. I watched the movie a week ago and I've been thinking about ever since😭
aww :') I feel you bc this movie was just too powerful! thank you so much for your comment 💚
very apt, emotional homage to a true work of art. I hope my daughter will watch this movie one day when she is far away from "the nest"
this is currently my favourite movie and this was the perfect love letter for it ❤
So happy to hear that thank you 💚
To me, the rave symbolizes an escape from his troubles, where he can just be free, albeit for a short moment. The movie doesn’t explicitly state it, but it is implied Calum loves dancing and partying.
In the end, through his suicide he’s able to set himself free from his terrible disease. In death he finds his peace. So, that’s why when he goes through those airport doors he walks into the rave. To be, finally, free.
At least that’s how I read it. Terrific review.
And if you’re struggling please reach out to people for help. Don’t carry that burden alone❤.
I see this makes a lot of sense and fits in Calum's character!
Thanks for you comment 💚
I like your interpretation of the rave scenes. Mine is a little different thought. I see the rave scenes as dancing with his demons. These scenes made me feel very anxious for some reason (I myself am in therapy for anxiety and depression). When he invited her to dance, she says "i don't dance", as though she doesn't have those demons to dance with. When he said goodbye to her on the airport, he went right back into the door, where his demons are dancing, waiting for him to join.
that postcard scene😢...it's a postcard from Calum to Sophie saying, “I love you very much. Never forget that.”
why so much pain...ughhh devastated
I was very late to this, but I finally watched it yesterday on a plane. It was one of the most harrowing experiences I’ve ever had. I’m not sure I can bear to watch it again. Such a brilliantly made, powerful, heartbreaking film.
Your video essay made me cry towards the end. Best ever video take on Aftersun. All the best!!!
So glad you liked it! Thank you so much for your comment 💚
I felt like I watched the whole film while holding my breath. It was incredible, beautiful and tragic. Hats off to everyone involved.
With my son in Turkey at the moment watching the last scene with tears in my eyes. It's our last night here too.
The film has been on my mind since I’ve seen it for the first time. Loved your essay on it :)
Same! it was too powerful. Thanks I'm glad you like it :)
Amazing review 👏 I love that you didn't criticize the film. A film this good doesn't need to be criticized, even if there are minor flaws.
Thank you! Some films are so great it's okay to simply sweep their flaws under the rug...
This is the most beautiful and touching analysis of the most beautiful and touching film I have seen this year ( or possibly any year). I have seen Aftersun three times, but now need to see it again. Thank you. 12:29
A love letter to aftersun. Thank you
Your video essay was so perfect. Thank you.
Saw Aftersun a week ago and cried so much while watching it. Now I am crying again watching this video essay. Aftersun will stay with me for a long time. Brilliant casting, direction and writing which hits so hard!
So happy you liked it! thanks for your comment 💚
this isn't a criticism, but i'm very surprised you didn't mention the score of the film, especially during the last dance. the lyrics especially stick out when edited the way they are, but the line "love dares you to change our way of caring about ourselves" seems to cleverly sum up the absolute torment of an internal struggle Calum faces throughout the film. the only thing he captures on the camera are videos of Sophie, and he appears very happy and vulnerable when she is around, while his darkest moments are when he is alone. they have their own friction, no doubt, but it's clear to me that Sophie is Calum's only reason to continue on, and while she goes on her own arc of growing up to be more independent, it feels like Calum is afraid of that, as it may mean he'd lose the only reason he is still around. the love he had for Sophie dared him to care about himself until it ultimately wasn't enough.
thank you so much for this video. i fucking love this film
I watched this in the horrendous sound of airplane headphones and small screen - so I misunderstood some bits - but thoughts of the movie lingered the day after so I went and look it up. As soon as I realized what it was about it made complete sense and hit me like a ton of bricks. it was very powerful.
teared up watching this beautiful video essay too. feels like a wonderful tribute to the film.
I wish Paul every success …and hope he wins tonight, John from Dublin
I decided to see this movie cause i love dramas that look like they will work but what i didnt expect was to be almost running out of the theatre to my car after the movie ended because i was about to burst out sobbing, i had to sit in my car for 10 minutes before i could go home just crying because of how emotional and painful this movie was. Would recommend 10/10
So well-put, thank you!
This is so underrated, thank you for sharing your thoughts so eloquently!
Truly more people need to watch this movie! Thank you for your comment 💚
It’s not really underrated. It just depends what you go to the movies for. The reviews I have read of this film are often as touching and heartfelt as the film itself. This movie has been around far longer than anticipated due to people wanting another chance to see it. So glad you found it.
One of the best movie reviews I’ve seen. Keep up with the great work!
Thank you 💚
Lots of great points in your essay! Amazing movie.
This is a lovely essay. Thoughtful and heartfelt. Thank you.
Oh man. I still tear up whenever I hear anything about Aftersun. Perfect movie imo
Wonderful movie indeed! Frankie Corio (Sophie) was absolutely captivating…..can’t wait to see what she does next.
Thank you for this thoughtful review and echoing some of the feelings I had about the movie but had difficulty putting into words.
I'm totally with you on everything, including my emotional reaction to the film. I'd just quibble that I don't think the film ever gives us certainty about Calum's fate, and that sense of not knowing is key to its effect. Don't get me wrong, I think it's likely the he killed himself, but we don't have proof.
And I think you're absolutely right! While I still believe that interpretation is very likely to be true, there's still no definitive evidence to back that up because the film was so subtle all the way to the end. I just got too carried on with my reading of it and presented it so matter of factly, my bad.
Just watched this movie and it left me feeling empty, the scene from 7:00 in the video where Sophie and Calum are talking about how he moved and doesn’t ever see himself going back he says he never really felt like he belonged home and that there’s not enough sun there but Sophie says she never sees herself leaving because its home. He tells her that everything will be alright in the future but he always says for you not us, he tells Sophie she can always change her mind and that her choice was alright but I think that was his last shot at trying to save himself before she left him
Brilliant film. Still thinking about Calum
It's been a month and it's still haunting me
very well made video, man. good job!
Thank you 💚
Thank you for your video essay, did explain the ending that I was not sure if it was what I think. And did blow my mind that I undrestand the door with in the same way that you. The movie is really wonderful but did broke me in little pieces . And feels much personal because some of the mental problemas that Callum have I had too.
It's painfully beautiful, and more brutal and raw if you relate to it. I sincerely hope things get better your way. Thank you for your comment 💚
I watched the film yesterday, it is a masterpiece.
I’ve seen this movie twice now and it is something I cannot stop thinking about. Such a vivid, beautiful story and every detail grabs your attention.
While Callum exhibits the signs of depression and the buildup to a suicide, I did not pin what was shown and implied in the movie as the final moments of his life. Rather, I interpreted from Callum’s behaviors and then Sophie’s adult life that he was no longer present in her life because of drug & alcohol abuse. The scenes of the rave and the implications that Callum loved to party & abuse substances (getting too drunk, picking a cigarette off the ground, walking into the ocean, and falling asleep naked in the hotel room, for example) put the idea in my head that his addictions got the best of him and caused him to exit Sophie’s life, and adult Sophie at the rave seeing Callum there could have not been purely from imagination but from memory - perhaps adult Sophie (or the director, as this story is based on her experiences) saw her father out at a club or bar she went to after years of not seeing her, and he was so inebriated that he couldn’t even recognize her. Perhaps Sophie knows where her father is, but he’s so destroyed by his addictions that he is an entirely different person now and he cannot be in her life. Perhaps this is me being naive, but the lack of exterior details in this movie leave so much open for interpretation, and it’s hard for me to say the details point to only one outcome, being his suicide.
The implication that he is no longer in her life and that he loses control of his own is very clear, but whether he ends his life is unknown. The details of the director’s life and her own father are not known, but perhaps we will find out eventually and that can answer this question.
A sequel to this movie further explaining Callum’s departure from Sophie’s life would be fascinating, but there’s something so special about this movie and its use of archival footage. It doesn’t feel like a movie but rather like we are visualizing somebody telling us their own childhood memory. In this way, I hope a sequel is not made. This story existing on its own is so special and perfect, even as it’s heartbreaking.
As you said the film leaves so much open to interpretation and so your reading of it could be accurate, there is nothing to prove he's taken his life, but to me there's enough clues to make me lean more towards that conclusion, one of them is the rug that he purchased and we see at Sophie's house. To me, if he had merely exited her life, it wouldn't end up with her. I agree that he's likely given in to drugs and alcohol abuse, but to me that's possibly how he committed suicide rather than something he's kept as a lifestyle away from his daughter. I think the movie has clearly established a relationship between them that is too strong for him to do such a thing, or for Sophie to live that long without trying to reach out or reconnect. Again, the movie is too subtle for either of us to be completely right, and I think that's where its power lies. It moved us all without the need to fully confirm what happens and so I appreciate it as it is even if that means it remains ambiguous. Thanks for your thoughtful comment!
I just read a review that said the rave represents Sophie's memory as she tries to reach her father and remember him. In the rave scenes, adult Sophie is trying to reach Calum (ie remember him) and constantly fails. In the last of these scenes she finally reaches him and they embrace only for him to fall away from child Sophie's embrace one last time.
I believe this wonderfully poetic interpretation. It's such a heartrending film and just so beautiful. Incredible!
On a rewatch, I noticed you can see Sofie's reflection in the TV at the beginning.
I cant watch this movie. I just cant. This will break me into a thousand pieces and i cant take it. Thank you for introducing me to this masterpiece.
one thing i wonder is if calums parents were abusive since they forgot his birthday and he also tought sophie how to defend herself against people. it made me think maybe he was abused and doesn’t want the same to happen to her
I think telling him her experiences as she grows up is wether he there or not, if he's still there he can take it all and be her confidence, and he's not there, she can tell him as if he was.
This movie destroyed me for all the reasons mentioned, plus the use of Under Pressure. OMG.
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I've watched it 4 times now and the rave scene still gets me and also confuses me a tad. Having said that, I'm adamant it represents him at his best, enjoying life, and older Sophie is staying to catch him (or imagine him) in his element to ask him why.
I just read a review that said the rave represents Sophie's memory as she tries to reach her father and remember him. In the rave scenes, adult Sophie is trying to reach Calum (ie remember him) and constantly fails. In the last of these scenes she finally reaches him and they embrace only for him to fall away from child Sophie's embrace one last time.
I believe this wonderfully poetic interpretation. It's such a heartrending film and just so beautiful. Incredible!
i cried watching this video.
this movie is so "almost perfect", i wonder what the director will do from now on, considering this is her firt feature movie. she made her masterpiece in her first piece, or she will carry the art of cinema into a new dimension and this is such a hard burden.
I love this + the background music of your video really helps. I wondered if you can let us know the music in the End portion? :)
Sure, you can find the links to the music used in the description box :)
appreciate your video essay and makes me appreciate the film more. that last part you mentioned about him going through the double doors to the rave and the rave symbolizing suicide. so do you think sophie commits suicide in the end in the present time period? its her birthday, right? and shes dancing with her dad as an adult at the rave, and she is wearing what appears to be the same clothes as when she is sitting on the couch watching the old videos. at the end of that cut we hear a baby's voice reminding us that she is a parent from the previous scene where she leaves to take care of her child. the parallels just seem to make it plausible. just a thought.
Yes perhaps she does! There's no way to tell for sure since the movie leaves it all ambiguous even when it comes to Callum it never explicitly shows him taking his life so what I said remains a guess. What's for sure though is that there's a parallel and so whatever Callum went through, Sophie was experiencing the same and thus gaining a better understanding of her father, and that's evident through everything you've mentioned yes!
A fantastic video for a fantastic film :( can't get over this film... I might be wrong but i feel like the scene where he's laying on the carpet has nothing to do with the price or the guilt, to me it's cause he know that's the only valueable thing he will left to sophie once he's gone.. you can see at some point in the scene where the grown up version of sophie wake up in the middle of the night that she have the same carpet..
I actually see your point and would even argue it's more likely to be true than what I said. Again, this film is very subtle about pretty much everything so it's hard to tell for sure. Thanks for your comment 💚
@@sefoschannel yes !! everthing is open to interpretation in this film. Sure ! i love to talk about it ahah have a great day :)
Very good movie
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A very beautiful, haunting experience of a movie. Question though: I keep reading that Calum dies...where exactly does this become clear? Because in my mind, he could also just become estranged from his daughter over the years (due to his struggles with mental health etc). It sure isn't explicit (nothing in this film is, which makes it so exquisite) but there seems to be a broad understanding that Calum is dead in the present day. (PS: you mention the rug in Sophie's apartment as confirmation of his death...why? Could he not have given it to her as a gift, some time after the trip?...also..."the rave symbolizing suicide"? Why?)
Nowhere in this movie (or elsewhere) does his death become clear. All that we have are subtle hints that may suggest he committed suicide but nothing too explicit. I either had a reason I forgot now as to why I said the rug "confirms" his death or it was simply a poor choice of words. By the end, he enters the rave and kind of disappears in its darkness and that's why a lot of people read it as suicide, but it could also be him disappearing from the life of his daughter as you suggested. The relationship that gets showcased throughout the movie makes it harder to lean onto that interpretation, but still it simply doesn't leave us with any clear-cut answers, so the broad understanding you see around his death is just one collective guess...
@@sefoschannel Such a beautiful piece of art. I love that it's not explicit. Watched the movie 3 times already, and it seems that it gets better and better. :)
has anybody read the short story "the yellow wallpaper"(gilman) ???.....i havent(but now will) but it considers a woman suffering from what crtiics feel was probably severe post-partum depression.....i was wondering whether young sophie's desire to live in a "yellow room" was a foreshadowing
suggest me more like this.
Great review, awesome film but one thing…Ca-lum not Cay-lum x
oh shoot my bad idk how I got that wrong.. thank you!
Honestly a part of this movie was too much for me, so i sort of blocked it out. I want to watch it again and fully allow it to get to me
I didn’t understand the movie....I was confused on if I thought was trying to be expressed happened. My main thing was what’s going on with the dad...and I was waiting for him to do something strange.
I guess only ppl who deeply understand from a personal POV, like those who can relate to sofie or the dad can get the point? Idk
It's certainly not a very straightforward movie and yes it's easier to get the subtle hints when you identify with either of the characters.
It is better to go into the house of mourning than a house of feasting--Ecclesiastes 7:2. After watching this movie I know exactly what this scripture is saying, and never before has it been so clear
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Why in the heck would this father kill himself when every single thing he does is with extreme care and awareness for how it affects his daughter? The man is hyper-focused on her feelings. Her well being. For me it's a little hard to grasp. And yet, one wonders why he marched towards the sea with such force. Was he checking how it would feel to make that final choice? A test run? God, how awful.
Sorry its months late I just watched the movie but in the movie I feel theres a scene that perfectly describes to us how Calum feels all the time/why he did it, Sophies in bed and says that she feels down but doesn’t know why it had been a good day they had fun but when they got home/the day ended she felt tired and sad like her bones felt they didn’t work and we see Calum spit at his reflection while she finishes/he tries to cheer her up
@@brybot3288 No apology necessary. You make a really good point with your observation. I'll be honest I'm still confused how such a wonderful, caring father would do this but I think the more I watched it (4 times) I am focusing on his pain and unhappiness. I think we all know how such feelings can overwhelm and swallow people up. I just have to accept that.
@@mariarohmer2374 Yeah I only watched it once (yesterday) but his pain was very obvious sadly to me I believe he didn’t really trust himself/ was putting up a front for Sophie to have fun but we see how its not the same as it used to be. He cant bring himself to sing with Sophie as they’ve done at every vacation in the past and theres the scene where Sophie tells Calum to stop bringing up lessons he cant pay for. This and the scene where he’s very hurt even if Sophie doesnt mind that he left her and she had to sleep in the lobby/couldnt get back in without reception. He probably knew he couldn’t keep hiding how he really felt and it would kill him sooner than later in my opinion and thats also why he felt such a strong desire to show Sophie how to defend before he was gone.
Why does it feel like Bradley Copper’s voice?
I don't know what to say, I had not seen this movie the way people talks about it, I guess the high expectations that I gained from comments just ruined it for me.. Pretty flat movie to be honest, and in the end I never hat the thought that he killed himself..