"A beautifully sculpted and quietly shattering first feature from the Scottish writer-director Charlotte Wells." - Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times
“Aftersun” has been recognized on the awards circuit for its performances and direction, even topping some critics’ best films of the year 2022 lists.
At a fading vacation resort, 11-year-old Sophie treasures rare time together with her loving and idealistic father, Calum (Paul Mescal). 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.