AFTERSUN | Official Trailer | Now Streaming on MUBI
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- The official trailer for AFTERSUN, written and directed by Charlotte Wells and starring Paul Mescal and Frankie Corio. Winner of the French Touch Jury Prize at the Cannes 2022 Critics’ Week and the Grand Prize at the Deauville American Film Festival. Now streaming in the UK, Ireland, Italy, Turkey, India, Malaysia, Latin America & more. Streaming from March 17 in Germany, Austria and Spain. A MUBI Release.
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You'll never listen to Under Pressure the same way after this
Yes. It was crushing.
When i went to watch this movie, for almost all of the movie, I distracted myself on my phone, even went outside the theatre for a while coz I wasn’t enjoying it as much as I wanted to. But in the last half hour or so, it somehow crushed me. I cannot speak in words, how I felt when the girl (now older) hugged her dad and danced with the light flickering on and off and Under Pressure playing. It did something to me. After watching the first hour of this movie, I couldn’t have expected it would make me feel the way I felt near the end of it. The credits rolled and I didn’t get up from my seat.
That final sequence is 🔥
Just found the mix for under pressure on youtube, it’s been on repeat
@@eviliguanafanwhere you find it
That is the one scene that made me realise I love this movie.
I don't understand how a film with no actual "sad" scenes can broke me so much. By the end I could hear sobbing sounds in the theater and walking out with strangers talking about how moving this was felt so therapeutic. Just thinking about it makes me want to cry, it felt so primal the emotions this film has tapped into.
I loved the way it was so subtle. I could tell it was a very personal movie for the director and still felt so relatable
When I watched this the first time I felt nothing. I turned the TV off and went about my day. A few hours later I was sobbing. The film hit me like a memory. I watched it that first time trying to figure something out. But there's nothing to figure out. Broke my heart into a million pieces.
@@jillmayer9501 same, it's like there's this nostalgic feeling especially when the kid filming with the handycam. and also it makes me think how maybe my father silently act like the dad (hiding his depression)
The tragedy is not within the movie. It is lurking but not explicitly shown. What we're shown is a memory. And we're allowed to interpret and imagine using the signs and clues as to what could have caused Sophie to look into that memory. I have my own interpretation and because of that, it makes me sad and depressed even as to how beautiful that memory is despite of what might have transpired before and after that memory, and despite what other reality/ies they might have had outside of that memory.
@@gabrielpr96354I agree with both you and OP lol. The sadness crept up on me halfway through the film, and on rewatch now it is so stark and apparent, but I think for many viewers this film has a way of speaking to your subconscious like no other
I’m not a father but I had for 6 weeks my little sister visiting me. We went together on a trip, we spend almost everyday together. I showed her my life, my friends, it was really nice. I enjoyed every day having her near me. She went back to Lima (where she lives) almost two weeks ago and I still feel sad about it. i can’t even see pictures of us together because I feel that I’m about to cry. I got so used to have her in my apartment. Of course, we laughed , we fought, we cried talking about memories, we got wasted also. It was beautiful. I just watched this film today and it made me remember my sister😢 Specially when Calum asks Sophie her holidays. My sister told me the same that Sophie said 🙁 I fell happy when she said that because made me feel that I did a good job as a big brother 🥹
I’m absolutely haunted by this. It is completely perfect. I find it hard to put into words. Love radiates from both characters the entire time and even tho it’s heart breaking it doesn’t really feel that way when you’re in it, it’s like a hug of a movie. Love and grief live side by side and this is a masterclass in that relationship. 1000/10
When I was watching it I noticed all the warning signs but I was angry and felt on edge for a lot of the film. After it ended I was confused and angry and felt nothing. A few hours later I couldn't stop thinking about it. And then a few hours after that I was sobbing uncontrollably and wanted nothing more than to stop him from walking through those doors. This film hit me in a way that no other film ever has. An absolute masterpiece.
@@jillmayer9501 I agree wholeheartedly wanting to stop him. I wish I knew this character enough to shake him and tell him he’s enough and he has time, too
@@jillmayer9501was he suicidal or something? I watched the movie and got the feeling that he was depressed and at odds with his life.
I belive so yes. There are moments in the film where he has no regard for his own well being@@pagethreemodel
@@jillmayer9501 yeah after giving it some in depth thought, I came to the conclusion that he was depressed and most likely committed suicide. Sad 😔
thank you very much for this film! As a divorced 40 year old dad to 6 year old daughter this was a mind-blowing experience that made me rethink all my flaws and how to undo them and how to be a better dad to my little girl! Greetings from Bulgaria!
ngl, this comment made me tear up. you and your daughter have a good one.
I cried for a whole hour after watching this.
I miss you dad so much
🤍
I had to bite my lips not to burst into tears, and still managed to silently cry through the last half hour of the film and the credits. Would have needed a dark room to cry for another hour after that. It's been two months and it's still with me. Not sure it will ever go away. Please go watch it
bored me to tears
@@hassaface5204 not everyone will have the same experience, that's what cinema is all about :)
What is it about?
@@hassaface5204 you xx. V h uuuuu😅😅 I😅h c i
@@hassaface5204 Pffffffffff- Hahahahaha.
This movie was almost an out of body experience for me. I was Charlotte's age in the era the movie is set; I used to go on vacation with my dad- who was divorced - in the summer. It's rare to see such stories depicted in movies, the struggles of a young girl finding herself and her relationship with her father, the awkardness, the love, the tenderness of it all, the big and little things left unsaid between them. It's heartbreaking and beautiful at the same time. I really felt understood.
Just saw it and I am feeling absolutely shattered. Not everyone is going to understand it, not everyone is going to be moved by it, but I was. Bolted out of the theater to let it all out by the end. I still don’t fully understand why but i’ve never had a more visceral reaction to a movie than I have had with this one. Feeling completely undone.
what scene was the most moving for you?
@@funkyboodah All of it really. Those quiet intimate moments with the characters that convey such a devastating, quiet sadness. Many scenes hit me hard but especially the under pressure dance scene just really got me feeling something else. Mainly the ending got me the most though when it all just came down and everything I had seen just completely took hold of me.
It also made me think of my rocky relationship with my dad which just made it hit really home for me. We’ve had out ups and downs but in the end we both love each other so much. Trigger warning but during his youth he was incredibly depressed and suicidal for a lot of his life. One night I was feeling particularly awful and depressed and just horrid and my dad quietly sat down next to me and talked to me about his struggles and rough patches. It was something I had never heard him say before ever. I had never heard him talk so sadly before. And this movie made me see that there’s honestly a different side to him that I never knew. Sometimes you think you know everything about someone when the truth is you know nothing. And this film demonstrates such profound yet subtle sadness that I can both relate to, understand, and see in him.
So i’d say a lot of my love for this film is because of how personal it is to me. Not everyone is going to like it, thats fine. It’s slow and long and not jam packed with action like most movies so I can understand why people would get bored, but it means the world to me personally.
Same reaction here
@@prizzarizza6015 Same here. Along with that TV reflection scene which was so well done.
I think it's all about your experience with life. I'm guessing a 17 year old teenager wouldn't like it and will find it boring but if you're an adult enough to experience toughness of life which your parents experienced too or if you are in a situation that you can understand the feelings of your parents it'll hit you harder.
I knew nothing about this film upon watching the trailer. Being a single father to a young daughter who i love beyond words.. it grabbed my attention immediately. With every snapshot hitting a chord on top of each other I could feel the emotions start to overwhelm me. This trailer impacted me massively and I NEED to desperately see this film. I feel compelled to watch and i have an intuition about a lot of the things that it will cover. Don't think I've ever seen a trailer that hit me in the chest like this did. I wasn't prepared for that at all.
me too
If the trailer hits this hard, the film will hit like a truck. I had a deep sense of melancholy, a gut wrenching feeling that didn't go away for hours after the film. Please go watch it.
If you struggled with depression too this film might drown you for few hours or days, its very emotional.
so... hows your expirence with this movie?
I have a guts feeling this is very different from what you picturing, lol.
@@user-mm3dy6sj6w I felt the same as him before watching... once I watched it it hit me for a solid 2 weeks. hate to say it but the feeling of suicide even still lingers strong. i am a single dad with a very similar story to this all so it was especially hard to watch tho
1 year later I still think about this movie so often. It deeply, deeply moved me.
You don't really 'watch' this movie...you experience it. And it's perfection.
wow, so real, perfectly described what i feel
I love cinema so much.
It's impossible to put into words what you can feel in those places.
But this one... I've never, never felt like that watching a movie. I wasn't prepared for that experience at all.
The way everything is subtly brought to life, the love that shines through as much as the sensitivity of the characters. The beauty that transpires from every shot.
This film is the best thing that ever happened to me. The primal visceral emotions it brings, the painful subject of everyone's mental health.
The actors played a crucial role in bringing it to life.
The music is as subtle and profound as the content.
I had the great good fortune to discover Aftersun 6 months ago, and I cry every time I think about it.
I have no fear to say that this is the masterpiece of the century. I can't even imagine what Charlotte Wells can do after that.
Watching a film will never taste the same again.
One of the most completely perfect hidden gems I have ever seen. As a 32 year old to an 11 year old so much of this was so excellently done. The actors played their parts perfectly and had me captivated in their journey.
Beautiful final few scenes. The soundtrack was gold throughout. There were tears on my end but I couldn't praise it any higher!
I’ve literally watched it 5 times and I weep every time. The more I watch it the more bittersweet it feels that this is the only snapshot of this relationship we get, but I also love that this film doesn’t insist on being anything more than what it is. Anyone else could have dramatized the hell out of this film but we’re not mean to gain anymore context than Sophie has and that’s master filmmaking imo
Exactly, same happened with me , i watched it 3 times and cried every time
Literally? Yeah, usually. Literally.
Why are you doing that to yourself ?
Clearly the greatest film of 2022. The greatest film of the decade.
along with Drive my car for me.
It's hard to make me cry, and this movie did it without being cheesy.
Great acting and really immersive experience
**spoiler**
for those who couldn't connect the scenes to the end: justpay attention to the flasbacks at the last scene, exactly at the mention of the words "on the edge of darkness" in the song Last Dance, we see the father tearfully throwing himself off the edge of somewhere. And he's wearing a green striped top. You know, the one he wore to see Sophie off at the airport. In this film we are actually witnessing what the father, who is aware of everything, takes with the camera he bought with his last money on his last vacation with his daughter.
omg thankyou so much for explaining, i really dont know why is everybody get sad watching this movie untill you explained it.
Some thoughts after watching this movie (out of Calums perspective):
Although I've put aftersun lotion on your skin after the sun burnt it, the heat only reached the surface layer of mine.
Although my heart is almost tearing apart because all it's love for you doesn't fit in it, there is no love for myself.
Although you make me find the energy to lift the corners of my mouth into a crocked smile, and make me find the words to ask you what we should do with this dawning day,
I do see too many dawning days breaking over me with the heaviness of pretending.
Sorry if I made any mistakes English isn't my native language :)
Beautiful! Thank you for sharing this!
As a Turkish i can say, the Turkish song Gamsız Hayat when it's playing at background in ice cream scene is also important. the lyrics fits perfectly.
what do the lyrics say? I'm quite curious
@@fidellerosa Don't ask why is this calmness of mine
Without seeing my quiet and secluded wounds
Don't ask why is this bad temper of mine
Without knowing my hidden feelings
Do I appear too untroubled when (you) look at from far
Did you think that (I am) unconventional and easygoing when I don't tell trouble
Easygoing life presents its weird games to everybody different
Easygoing life,sets its harlot traps for everybody different
Easygoing life,asks its past accounts to everybody different
Easygoing life,tires everybody different,it doesn't see the teardrop
Don't think that this calmness of me ends
Without wraping my nook wounds
Don't think that this moodiness of me ends
Without telling my hidden feelings
Do I appear too weak when I share my trouble
Do you say "too desperate" when I cry bc of my trouble
@@rivertide3228 thank you. that is heartbreaking and beautiful
@@fidellerosa you're welcome.
This film was relatable in many ways as a young father myself. In fact, fatherhood came a bit early for me too. This film really showed the complexity of individuals and the unknown suffering that goes unnoticed. If anything, this movie highlights the need for us all to share our suffering and grief and not to hide it away.
My favourite film of this young decade. A stunning debut by Charlotte Wells with exquisite performances from Mescal and
Coria.
Incredible film. So subtle, yet so emotional. No real dramatics, but so an emotional rollerball throughout. We learn so much about Frankie and Calum and yet have so many questions. Simply astounding. Paul and Frankie make their father and daughter roles look absolutely effortless. An all time great masterpiece.
Everything about is perfect , the long pauses in between scenes the details in the sounds , that absolute sad calmness that you get makes you cry unconsciously it kinda triggers all of our sad memories with our families and how such small things does matter forever
This film made me cry so hard after the credits I was still crying. I never had a film that made me uncontrollably cry before
Saw this at TIFF, absolutely undeniable masterpiece ❤️ You couldn’t possibly prepare yourself for the layers of emotion this film packs
a bit boring though
@@dandindan it’s definitely slower paced, not for everybody, but my friend and I LOVED it
@@filmtasticpanda when it comes to slow paced movies; c’mon, c’mon and/or house of hummingbird did it better imo
@@dandindan totally valid because I think everybody will have different opinions. The movie just resonated with me on a really deep level, more than Cmon Cmon did. But again, totally respect that it won’t be the same for all
@@dandindan Those are kind of arbitrary comparisons. And you must have a pretty low attention span if you consider "C'mon C'mon" (or even "Aftersun") slow.
This film is incredible. A film that beautifully shows, rather than has a character say in words to explain. Very hard to do well. If you’re a daughter, or her father, damn the onions.
Some movies just touches you and haunt you. Like this one and Blue is the warmest color (La vie d'Adéle)
When you're a child, like Sophie, time feels like moving slower. This was a slow movie, and I think the director wanted us to feel this way. It takes time in the mid 90's before all the smartphones. I'm born in 92 and I remember, similar to Sophie - the silence, laying on the bed doing nothing... Sitting on the balcony with your own thoughts and watching the sky. But that's the beauty of it. If you're a 80's or 90's kid you will understand! That's ONE thing I loved about this movie.
Never has a film just completely destroyed me
I'm a person who doesn't tend to get emotional over films but this film made me cry more times than I ever have at film in my life
It's truly a special piece of art
I’m scared to watch this. I’ll be a mess. As a child of divorce, I often used to go on holiday with just my dad. Then died when he was only 45. 😢 But I love Paul Mescal and this film looks so good.
I feel exactly the same. I wish he could watch it with me. 😢
I was nervous/anxious as i put it on..after having seen the trailer, and having the feeling of dread of what was going to unfold. Also, there was a lot of resonance for me as I'm a separated dad to a daughter who's a couple of years younger than sophie.
@@seanmurray8439 and how did you find the film? What was your reaction to it?
@@steenjam177 Enjoyed it but felt the trailer told too much on the film. It felt like you knew how it was going to end before seeing it. And it did. Was still a worthy watch but it didn't hit me as hard as the first watch of the trailer. I think i thought there was possibly going to be more intensity in and around his mental struggles and there possibly being a pressure valve build up to that ultimate end. It wasn't as abrasive as thought it might get...A lid was kept on that side which i suppose was in keeping with the characters own constant attempts to hide his pain..it was always beneath the surface and simmering.
This movie moved me so much I found it disturbing in a way. Such a raw authentic portrayal of depression
Im trying to keep on watching it but I do find it disturbing alfnndndndndnd
@@coldplay109 everything is a build up for the ending, keep on watching, you’ll understand everything in the final scene🤍
this film just blew me away, it was mesmerizing, so immersive and painfully intimate - i don't think any film that i saw this year moved me more. a real masterpiece, i can so recommend watching it
i keep coming back to this and i think im ready to call it my favourite movie. nothing has touched me this much as this one. it's also helped me make my relationship with my dad better. ill be forever grateful
i'm 31 years old from Ireland originally. separated with two daughters of my own...
this was the most relatable film I have ever seen in my life. Hard for me to watch but glad I did
I'm sure they have an excellent dad I could not know mine
Stay strong brother. You're doing a fantastic job.
Ended up staying in the cinema till the lights came on and something sweeping, whilst I was tearing up still. Came home to watch the trailer and ended up a mess again!
I can’t stop thinking about this film. I went on these holidays with my dad and would of been her age in the times this film was set. He would act in similar ways. Ive lost both of my parents since then and the blurring fragmented nature of the memories we piece together couldn’t be better represented
This movie hits you once you're done watching it. You think about it, all the little details in there and it's sad af
What an incredible, marvelous and extremely moving (first) film. Definitely my favorite of 2022.
This film gently and subtly breaks your heart. Such incredible yet subtle and non-obtrusive cinematography and editing: it's not affected in the least, and yet floors you with two shots and one cut....
There are of course very few things as pure and beautiful as the love of a preteen daughter for her father, at an age where he's still very much the "man of her life" but she's about to enter in a whole other world of complicated relationships, choices and heartbreaks.
Charlotte Wells definitely understands cinema and is a director to follow, assuredly.
The best film ever created, a masterpiece of the century, and I am not exaggerating. Never ever have a film made me cry this harder on your 2nd watch than 1st, as you now pick up small very subtle details everywhere during rather short 96 min run, and it is so masterfully executed that I do not have exact words to express my this strong emotions. Just BRAVO. Paul Mescal and Frankie Corio should win Oscars, and it is so unfair that they are not receiving enough credit, so few media coverage, due to this limited release as nature of an independent film. Maynooth is so proud of you Paul!!! You reach so so soooo far I am sure.
paul mescal is so pretty in this i can't even 😍
love the color tone!
i like the white people!
I can't believe how magnatic and beautiful this movie is. Really impressive
I just watched the film and I'm still sobbing but honestly I can't put it into words why I'm crying. So touching
It touches on the fragility of all our relationships and how reality is so flimsy. Tragic beauty.
I don't want to jinx the Oscars, but it's going to be so sweet (and an upset of the decade) if Paul Mescal wins!
"I wish we could stay for longer"
I already cried reading the comments, no jokes.
I watched "The Whale" and "Aftersun" back to back and I gotta say, for two movies that are about a very similiar topic and WILDLY different budgets Aftersun did it better by a lot. Aftersun doesent need to rely on sad ochestral music and dramatic acting to make you sad and emotional. Whale is really good, very well executed and a suprisingly funny film that you should absolutly watch but Aftersun not only has that core emotional drive that the director brings with her through personal experience but also superb cinematography the likes I have never seen before. There is a shot in this film thats makes me want to quite my life and go study film.
Which scene are you referring to?
I just saw it today in the cinema! Such a great film!
Brings back summer memories of my childhood. My dad and I just loved swimming in the sea, in the waves. We could spend there all day.
When i went to watch this movie, for almost all of the movie, I distracted myself on my phone, even went outside the theatre for a while coz I wasn’t enjoying it as much as I wanted to. But in the last half hour or so, it somehow crushed me. I cannot speak in words, how I felt when the girl (now older) hugged her dad and danced with the light flickering on and off and Under Pressure playing. It did something to me. After watching the first hour of this movie, I couldn’t have expected it would make me feel the way I felt near the end of it. The credits rolled and I didn’t get up from my seat.
The way our subconscious works, maybe a subtle but deep discomfort was starting to make its way to the surface. Its not impossible that you were distracting yourself with the phone to protect yourself. I only say that because my mind finds a thousand ways to distract. Yes I know: me and my pseudo psychology!
This hits so hard when you're a single mom, with so many struggles in life, raising and taking care of a child, all of that with internal struggle, mental health issues, doing almost everything yourself, I just hope I can keep dancing...hope we all can
I'm a single father and we both say we are best friends on a regular basis, she's only 5. I can't wait until she's a little older but i'm not sure if I'm ready to watch this film
Do it, it will be hard and emotional, especially if you’ve struggled which most of us do, but i feel like this film can motivate you and uncover emotions which will only help!
I feel like watching this would change my brain chemistry and break my heart into pieces
It will. :""""( It's beautiful.
[Spoilers] Something that makes the film so powerful to me is that I spent my time internally first degree reacting to the father behaviour : he spits on the mirror = "that's not nice for the cleaning lady" ;
he swims with the plaster = "it's not hygienic" ; he didn't think he'd be over 30yo = "I could have said that" ; he does not have the license to dive = "what a risk" ; he does the yoga on the edge = "what a risk" ; he rushes into the sea at night = "it's a good way to drown" ; he doesn't go to the karaoke = "why does he act like this with Sophie" ? The end of the film also upset me for my blindness to his discomfort.
Extraordinary film! Can’t wait to see it again! ❤
It feels like a fleeting memory that I have to hold on too tightly. This is the reason why I watch cinema, to feel this kind of thing that I won't get to feel in my everyday life.
Just watched the movie yesterday. What an amazing movie.
Oh Jeez, I was crying through the trailer. Must watch it ASAP.
Finally got to watch this film, August 2024…I had read about it, admire Paul Mescal as an actor and person, loved the story telling and the relationship between father and daughter…and like so many, was weeping at the end. Without telling us, we are given the cues that Callum is suffering in more ways than he can bear while trying so hard to be a good dad. The scene of him crying did me in. I am in need of something more upbeat after watching this, Carmen with Paul M, plus All Of Us Strangers…in the last few weeks. It’s too much. Paul’s acting is too convincing. Frankie was the sweetest…you could tell she grew so fond of Paul as her screen dad. All I can do is wait for ‘Emily in Paris’ because it drops in two days on Netflix…I need a pick me up. But I know I will go to bed thinking about this film…and will tear up. 🐑🐑🇳🇿🇳🇿NZ
Beautiful film! It stayed with me for days after watching it! Heart wrenching when the penny drops on what actually happened
My film of the year for sure - absolutely beautiful and so moving.
Flawless movie. Heartbreaking and believable. What a masterpiece.
This is a superbly nuanced study of what is truly human, where one tries to understand the meaning of a precious experience spent together with your loved one in search of time lost. Pure memories from the past coming back to make you a better, fuller person. A masterpiece to be cherished for decades.
I wrote an Aftersun sequel suggestion, (caution: spoilers alert). If you like it, please give it a "like"
Sophie, now an adult, walked through the sterile corridors of the mental hospital, her heart heavy yet hopeful. She held the hand of her wife, and in her other arm, she cradled her sleeping baby. They were here to see Calum, Sophie's father, who had been a resident of the hospital for five years.
As they reached Calum's room, Sophie took a deep breath and entered. Calum sat by the window, his eyes distant but lighting up at the sight of his daughter and grandchild. "Dad," Sophie began, her voice trembling, "we want you to come with us on a vacation. It's time for you to feel the sun again, to be with family."
Calum's gaze shifted between Sophie and the psychiatrist who had joined them. The psychiatrist, Dr. Ellis, had been working with Calum for years and had seen the progress he'd made. After a heartfelt conversation, Dr. Ellis agreed that it might be beneficial for Calum to have a change of scenery, to be surrounded by love and care.
With the hospital's approval, Calum left with Sophie and her family. The vacation was a revelation. Calum laughed and played with his granddaughter, shared stories with Sophie and her wife, and for the first time in years, he felt alive.
Dr. Ellis observed this transformation and realized that what Calum needed wasn't the confining walls of a hospital but the healing presence of his family. After a week, it was clear that Calum was ready to leave the hospital for good.
The news of Calum's recovery reached Sophie's mother, who had been estranged from him for years. Moved by the change she saw in him, she decided to give their relationship another chance. Together, they found a new beginning, a family reunited and stronger than ever.
And so, under the warm glow of the Aftersun, they all basked in the light of a good life that lay ahead.
Why does Sophie have to be a lesbian?? Lool how pretentious and weird.
Oh God, I haven't watched this movie yet and I already got emotional just watching this trailer.🥺
It was the last 10-20 minutes that did it for me, can't really say why exactly. It sparked alot of emotions, being a father of two daughters.
Oscar nominated Paul mescal ❤
It was perfect. There is no word or sentence that that can describe how this movie made me feel
Damn how good this film is, at the end i cried like a baby 🥲🥲🥲
Paul mescal had beautiful beautiful performance
READ THIS AFTER WATCHING THE MOVIE
SPOILERS - this is from the top review left on Letterboxd byTuomas
I kept waiting for something drastic. I thought the film was building towards something explosive. I thought the father might walk out and never come back. I thought he might die and that's why the need to recollect, the need to see in between the lines, to see what wasn't explicitly expressed. I thought we'd get an answer, but we don't. We know he's gone, but why or how is never explained. The two go back home from the vacation and there's a nice intercut shot of the daughter in the present pointing a camera at the film's camera and the father in the past doing the same until he puts his camera in a bag and walks out of the door. For a second I thought "that's where it ends?" because I felt like it wasn't enough, but it was.
I took a moment to process my confusion and then I mentally rewound the film and realized that the journey wasn't about culminating with the dramatic event, the event had already happened. The story was instead completely about the need to understand. The meaning of the film was in all the small moments, but I was too busy expecting something big to appreciate the incredibly slight nature of the film.
The meaning is where film's usually don't bother seeking meaning. Wanting to look inside a father through a child's eyes in order to attempt to understand what makes him tick isn't usually a significant enough of a story to be worth exploring, but it is. I'm in tears typing this because the film truly got under my skin in the careful and sensitive way it explores the relationship between the father and the daughter. The care and love present in the film is overwhelming.
The story sees the father as someone who loves his daughter deeply, but he's struggling. He became a father too early and he doesn't feel like he can offer things he believes she should have and yet he doesn't even realize that it's all pressure he's unnecessarily putting on himself. In fact it's the pressure he's putting on himself which makes her frustrated. She remarks to him when he asks her if she wants singing lessons that she knows he doesn't have the money.
It's a quietly crushing moment because we know how he feels hearing that, but she didn't mean anything bad by it. She's just expressing frustration over what she knows is an empty promise from experience. She doesn't understand how brutal of a comment it is because she doesn't know that he's beating himself up for not being able to give her more because how could she, she's just a kid. He wants to give her the world and the tragedy of it all of course is that she doesn't want the world, she just wants a dad and he can't see that's all he needs to be because of his likely depression.
It's a moment the adult her now reflects on because she's now realizing what it spoke to when it comes to his underneath. She didn't understand what happened then, but she does understand it now. The memory is one of the more powerful moments in the film and it's all because of how slight it is. How it puts his internal turmoil on the centre stage, without calling too much attention to it. It feels big in its smallness and the film is filled with moments like it.
The restraint all around is the films biggest strength as the small moments never feel like you have to stop and process them. They happen and they settle in and because the film is devoid of massive dramatic beats and since the film is heavy on the happiness the two experienced together, it allows the melancholic undercurrent to shine through in more of a stark manner. It's the type of effort, which will pierce through whatever emotional shield you have up and leave you feeling vulnerable to the immense effect the film holds.
🎶 So here's your holiday
Hope you enjoy it this time
You gave it all away
It was mine
So when you're dead and gone
Will you remember this night?
Twenty years now lost
It's not right 🎶
MIGHT contain spoilers, read if you already watched it------- I just wanted to say that this one hit home very hard. I have a 7 year old daughter and lately I've been realizing that I miss her when she was younger, meaning that they grow so fast and you miss every little step of the way. I am married but somehow I've been depressed my whole life. I am not like Callum but you cant stop faith and, if I ever missed in my daughter's life... that idea came to mind while watching the film. I thank god I see my daughter every day and since I work from home we are very united, unlike I had it with my parents. So the nostalgia of missing my daughter's memory from past ages is very similar to the loss of Sophie's memory of her father, represented in the strobe lights of the rave scene. We just remember frames of memory and hardly we remember as a video camera. So if anyone with kids reads this, lets enjoy our kids in every age, and try not to forget the memory of them being younger. Although remembering is a form of forgetting.
I'm not easilly moved to tears by any sort of media. After To The Moon I questioned myself, but this movie was on a whole new level. Never experienced something like this. If you can go through a slow movie, just watch it
To the moon the video game?
It perfectly capture the dynamics of a father-daughter relationship. Its like living in a memory of the day before a tragedy.
Because of this performance paul nominated for best actor category at the oscars 2023
Crawls right under your skin all the way to your soul.
congrats to Paul Mescal’s «Oscar» nomination!👏👏👏
What a beautiful movie , remains in your mind after .
In 2022 there were two great movies about the relationship between a daughter and his father through The Whale and Aftersun. I did not succeed to hold back my tears when I watched these films.
The Scrapper is good as well
Note to myself :
You need to stop listening Under pressure immediately
You need to stop listening Under pressure immediately
You need to stop listening Under pressure immediately
Bawling my eyes out after just watching for a 2nd time. A powerhouse of a film. So beautiful
*aftersun provoked something in me more than a year ago that I cannot explain - it definitely changed me
Yes, I think it was life-changing.
i literally have no idea what this is but i’m so excited
This movie is good if you watch it and actually know they both were "sun" to each other. That's how beautiful the relationship is.
One of the best films I’ve seen in a while
Lovely. Thank you Charlotte.
i cried so much after watching this. it left me feeling so empty and depressed. i don't understand why did this movie made me cry. It's very slow and i wish they didnt make this movie with such vague scene, but overall i think it's good! i love how they succeed on portraying the dad and daughter relationship, it's so subtle, intimate and comfortable. thank you for this 🥺
They took a two week holiday together before they started filming to get to know each other . Haven't seen it yet but looking forward to it. The Banshee of Inisherin is very good too :)
I think the mundane slowness of the movie was intentional. It's meant to portray real life and the fathers life after all the highs. I agree. such a good film
@@kathrinaruddock4340 oh i didn't know that, it makes it even much more meaningful to me. Thank you for the recommendations, I'll add it on my watch list :))))
@@BobbyBundlez that makes sense now, i watch it again and i can understand why it's so slow, for me it feels like they gave me time to fully understand and absorb what's happening. it is such a beautiful film i have never seen quite like it before.
I have been avoiding this movie for weeks now, and I wanna see it. But even the trailer or a review makes me cry. And I have read many of them.
Same, I too am avoiding this film, I just know I’m going to feel the hurt.
This movie is art and literally perfect! I loved it and the actors are both so talented, especially Frankie!
Thanks Mubi to distribute this masterpiece. I will share it as much people as I can.
Some elements of this reminded me of the parent/kid dynamic of The Whale ; you don't see the resemblance of personalities in Ellie/Charlie until the beginning of the end when his anger shows in the binge eating and irate e-mail, likewise we see Sophie lay on the bed explaining how she feels "low, sad and tired" beginning to get Calums traits before the holiday comes to a close. I also found the "developing picture" scene the most perfect metaphor in film to date - they were becoming distanced with her inevitable growth and his mental struggle but it was solidifying their bond. Saddest bit was the ending rave scene; I thought of it like the termination of his life but the beginning of a recurring memory for Sophie.
A small pearl of modern cinema in a sea of mud; screenplay that deals with a theme that sooner or later we have to deal with with an apparently soporific and confusing beginning but which will then reveal itself in a growing up of emotions; obviously a must see at the cinema so turn off TV and streaming
Can they please release the soundtrack of this film?! It’s outstanding
I needed too omg 😱
they did
@@spatchko good to know, ty
I’m in tears just reading the comments and watching the trailer! I’ll need a big box of hankies for this one 😭😭😭
Simply a MASTERPIECE. 💔
this movie's gonna stay on your mind for a while, believe me guys....
stunning. I can't remember feeling like this for any other movie. bravo
i will watch the movie again with subtitles, the accent is so thick i just couldn't comprehend every dialogue. but still a fantastic melancholic film. a film to watch for the 2nd time.
Such a heart-wrenching film, in the best possible way. I know I need to watch a few more times, but it's an emotional workout. As the father of a daughter, it hit me where I live.