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Aftersun (2022)
Director: Charlotte Wells
Cast: Paul Mescal, Frankie Corio, Brooklyn Toulson, Celia Rowlson-Hall
7.6
96%Runtime101 min
Rating12A
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Sophie reflects on the shared joy and private melancholy of a holiday she took with her father twenty years earlier. Memories fill the gaps between camcorder footages as she tries to reconcile the father she knew with the troubled man she didn't.
Critical Reception & Ratings
Aftersun (2022), directed by Charlotte Wells, has been widely acclaimed by critics, earning a 96% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The film is a critically praised drama that explores a daughter's reflections on a holiday with her troubled father from twenty years earlier. The IMDb rating of 7.6/10 indicates strong audience reception as well.
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Charlotte Wells' debut feature film is a delicate, melancholic exploration of memory and the complex father-daughter relationship, capturing the same introspective, character-driven sensibility that this user has enjoyed in films like Y Tu Mamá También and Fish Tank.
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Aftersun is a 2022 semi-autobiographical coming-of-age drama film written and directed by Charlotte Wells in her feature directorial debut. Starring Paul Mescal, Frankie Corio, and Celia Rowlson-Hall, the film is loosely based on Wells' childhood and follows an 11-year-old Scottish girl on holiday with her father at a Turkish resort on the eve of his 31st birthday.
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