I spent the whole movie nervous that something incredibly tragic was about to happen. I wonder if I would like it more on a rewatch without that looming over me.
I loved how natural it felt, real slice-of-life stuff. I was surprised to see Paul Mescal as the dad, because in my mind he is very young, but I liked that. I loved the camcorder footage.
Aftersun
Memory burns.
Rating
4.0 (1)
Release Date
10/21/2022Runtime
101 minsGenres
Overview
Sophie reflects on the shared joy and private melancholy of a holiday she took with her father twenty years earlier. Memories real and imagined fill the gaps between miniDV footage as she tries to reconcile the father she knew with the man she didn't.
How It Feels
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A dreamlike meditation on loss and the unreliability of memory, told through the fractured lens of old video footage and accumulated years. Watching it feels like sorting through your own conflicted recollections, beautiful and painful in equal measure.
Mood
MelancholicWistfulBittersweet
Themes
FamilyGriefMemoryIdentityComing of age
Tone
Tender
Pacing
Slow-burn
Look
HandheldDocumentary-likePainterly
Structure
Framed flashback
Heads up
Suicide and self-harm
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