Aftersun

Oscars 2023, Coming of Age, Female Filmmakers, Drama, Debut, Award Winning

96 min

FSK 12
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At a vacation resort, 11-year-old Sophie treasures rare time together with her loving and idealistic father, Calum. As a world of adolescence creeps into view, beyond her eye Calum struggles under the weight of life outside of fatherhood. Twenty years later, Sophie's tender recollections of their last holiday become a powerful and heartrending portrait of their relationship, as she tries to reconcile the father she knew with the man she didn't, in Charlotte Wells’ superb and searingly emotional debut film.

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Awards
Academy Awards: nominated for Best Actor (Paul Mescal)Yorck Audience Vote 2022 for Best Film: 3rd Place
Director
Charlotte Wells
Cast
Paul Mescal, Francesca Corio, ...
Original language(s)
English, Turkish
Credits
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Written by
Charlotte Wells
Year
2022
Country
USA, Great Britain, Turkey
Genre
Oscars 2023, Coming of Age, Female Filmmakers, Drama, Debut, Award Winning
Cast
Paul Mescal, Francesca Corio, Celia Rowlson-Hall, Sally Messham, Ayse Parlak
FSK Rating
FSK 12
Original title
Aftersun
Release date
09.03.2023
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Scottish writer-director Charlotte Wells' stunning debut juxtaposes a hopeful coming-of-age story with a poignant, intimate family portrait that leaves an unforgettable impression. Eleven-year-old Sophie (newcomer Frankie Corio) and her father Calum (BAFTA winner Paul Mescal, Normal People) are on holiday in a Turkish seaside resort in the late 1990s. They enjoy being together. But imperceptibly melancholy and secrets creep into Calum's behaviour. Twenty years later, the memories take on new meaning when Sophie tries to reconcile the father she knew with the man she never met.