Aftersun

[D'wards]

I saw this a couple of days ago and have been thinking about it lots since.

I really don't think I've ever had such an emotional response to a film. I consider it a masterpiece.

Has anyone else seen it? Best to spoiler if discussing details.

It looks quite difficult to see, which is a shame

 

[Winot]

Yes - went without knowing anything about it and thought it was excellent. Not many films that I want to watch again soon. Extraordinary performances and naturalistic direction.

 

[MBV]

Spoiler

Just to say I saw this at the cinema and was very thankful for the end credits and the house lights staying down long enough for me to compose myself before leaving.

I am not a parent but still found the film very affecting.

 

[Part 2]

Yes, definitely one of my top 3 films from last year.

It's on Mubi which you can get for a quid for 3 months.

 

[D'wards]

Paul Mescal nominated for best actor at the Oscars

 

[Plumdaff]

It's a fabulous film, and I have also found it has stayed with me. Mescal and the young actor who plays his daughter both terrific, both saying so much with so little. I found myself crying before I'd really intellectually caught up to my emotional response towards the end, if that makes any sense at all.

 

[moonsi til]

I saw it alone at the flicks this afternoon & still processing it. It took me a short while to settle into the slow pace. Definitely recommend though it’s not a must be seen at flicks film.

 

[D'wards]

The film is semi-autobiographical, which is sad.
Here's the writer director Charlotte Wells on holiday with her dad when she was 11.

 

[Joe Chi Min]

I am not a parent but still found the film very affecting.
[/SPOILER]

It gave me that very same feeling of guilt/shame/fear I presume it gave you

 

[Joe Chi Min]

I found myself crying before I'd really intellectually caught up to my emotional response towards the end, if that makes any sense at all.

Absolutely

 

[editor]

I just watched it. It's an astonishingly beautiful and devastating film with a stunning performance from Paul Mescal and the almost impossibly good young Frankie Corio.

No wonder it was nominated for so many awards.

Definitely not to watch if you're feeling a bit down though, I'd say. A truly wonderful movie.

It's on the BBC iPlayer now.

Aftersun - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Orang Utan]

Just watched it. Still processing it but what a beautiful film.
An emotional experience throughout but snot came out of my nose when they danced to Under Pressure.