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At a fading vacation resort in the late 1990s, 11-year-old Sophie (Frankie Corio) treasures rare time together with her loving and idealistic father, Calum (BAFTA winner Paul Mescal, Normal People). 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.
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@ScreenplayWise Год назад

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@jillmayer9501 Год назад

The last scene of this film gutted me. He shuts the camera and walks away into his daughter's memories. The only place people who've left us still remain.

@philosophicalmonkachu7711 Год назад

that's a nice interpretation... 🙂.. for dumb folks like me, you're a blessing.. 😀😂

@jillmayer9501 Год назад

@@philosophicalmonkachu7711 You’re not dumb! I had to watch it twice to make my own sense of it all

@sincebollaXfavor Год назад

There was no need to make sob again, bro

@seojinkimactress Год назад

For me, I thought that rave scene was Sophie’s imagination of Callum’s last moments. Decades after his death, she has been stuck in this “what the hell happened after I left when he was all alone,” replaying this imagination in her head thousands of times. This scene is basically her imagining “why did you do that to yourself” but always getting stumped here, because that seemingly happy holiday together never changed the fact that he had to go to that rave and be found dead the next day. So this last scene is playing on endless repeat, like a home video on a camcorder, in her head, but she never really saw him going to that rave so that’s why the rave is right outside the airport corridor, because she literally can’t imagine how he could’ve gotten to that rave being where he was mentally while willingly going there with an intention to kill himself. She became his age and a parent like him, but she still can’t understand why he had to die. He is seen in this scene, his eyes so distant, still willingly walking towards his death, instead of his daughter. This scene painfully shows her grief, the distance she feels from her dad, and her inability to understand him or his death. I saw this movie four times at the theaters, soon I’ll be seeing it for the fifth time lol

@nancynancy1587 Год назад

@@seojinkimactress An absultely brilliant comment. I've seen it only once so far, but it's stuck in my head. What I see is his last dance in Turkey, and his las dance ever, on the rave he attended after he came back, or maybe it is the rave that she is attending and she has visions of him there, raving next to her. What do you think? He is wearing the same shirt as in the airport, so the last image of her father ever. The way she remembers him last time she saw him. Adult Sophie trying to reach out to him, to grab him, to make him explain... but it's just the silence. She will never find out why he did it and left her although he seemingly loved her a lot. And it's gonna haunt her till the rest of her life.

@karquin21 Год назад

The final scene makes the entire film a jewel

@yellow8206 Год назад

It is quite literally incredible I wonder how she thought of it

@geeman.8081 Год назад

The film truly became art when the song started.

@marcobt1 Год назад

and is also the initial scene, pay attention once you watch again the film

@eyesears9748 Год назад

I would go as far to say that if Charlotte did ANYTHING in the final 10 minutes differently, the movie would not work nearly as well as it did. It is so precisely devastating. I feel like she must’ve written the ending first, then built up everything else around it to make it that much more affecting.

@BNoble86 Год назад

I actually think the whole film is so well pitched and paced. Everything about this film makes it a jewel.

@arondeans Год назад

Love how she made the ending more simple, made it way more powerful

@ScreenplayWise Год назад

She cut those scenes brilliantly. If you want to know more, here’s a link to an interview in which she talks about the editing/writing process: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-UUnmBMCcLTU.html

@yellow8206 Год назад

Super interesting changes! Especially since the ending scene is a sensitive and delicate as is, I also think her choices were good choices

@emanuelcarvalho8510 Год назад

@@ScreenplayWise thank you for the link :)

@Lisa-qt4hh Год назад

I agree. Ending on that moment with the double doors with the rave going on behind them is the perfect ending in my opinion. It's a beautiful and heartbreaking image that tells a lot about how memory can work in strange ways. I love it.

@paulluk7515 Год назад

Yes, less is more

@jgeybp Год назад

Possibly the most haunting scene of a non horror movie.

@JulianBreslin Год назад

is the narrative that he killed himself?

@Maria-tp5sx Год назад

@@JulianBreslin yes

@kganitis Год назад

This one together with the ending of "The Father" with Anthony Hopkins.

@conyjuul2099 Год назад

@@JulianBreslin yes exactly!!! i read the synopsis on wikipedia, and there's not a single mention of suicide or anything. it's literally the most important thing in the movie

@scottgimple8107 Год назад

I swear poeple say this to any minor creepy non horrer movie

@Himaro0797 Год назад

An incredible example of "show, don't tell". A scene designed to hit you hard...

@geeman.8081 10 месяцев назад

I rewatched again recently noticed he chokes up saying "bye" so he knew this would be the last time too.

@milicende Месяц назад

I guess this hole movie is an example

@paulwillard81 Год назад

I sob uncontrollably even just THINKING about this scene. It’s masterful and shows the patience and restraint of an incredibly seasoned filmmaker - even though this is her first major feature film.

@geeman.8081 Год назад

I look forward to seeing what she does next.. I'm a single dad who has it good but I sobbed uncontrollably.

@eatfugu Год назад

Well said.

@re349529 8 месяцев назад

For me "masterful" might not be an appropriate enough word to describe this film. This film is purely "unique", not any master (not even the filmmaker herself I fear) can recreate the soul of this scene.

@charliewillis7596 Год назад

Listen we’re all happy Brendan Fraser is back but you cannot tell me this man here doesn’t deserve the Oscar win for this!

@georgehalloran3664 Год назад

Agreed, no fat suit necessary

@privilegedcriticism9067 Год назад

I personally feel he must win atleast one award

@franciscondon1902 Год назад

I'd be happy with him or Colin Farrell winning but it's likely to be Austin Butler who I don't want to win.

@kbbl11 Год назад

Honestly paul is such an amazing actor i’m sure he’s gonna have more than one opportunity in the future to win an oscar, this time i think is for brendan

@ProfRach Год назад

for sure

@kylepop4371 Год назад

I just loved how absolutely nuanced this movie was. It portrayed depression, disattachment and mental crises so … tenderly. So rare for a film. I watched it expecting some huge fallout or massive yelling scene, or even a death being shown but it remained focused on just giving us a very real and raw depiction

@jillmayer9501 Год назад

So true. I watched this film with a sense of "what's going on?" Expecting a big revealing moment that never came. And it's so much more powerful for it. Instead it showed us what we don't see. What we hide - what's not obvious. What was apparent was that he had no regard for his well being. I was busy wondering why. Sometimes the why won't make sense. He was trying so hard. Utterly heartbreaking.

@kylepop4371 Год назад

@@jillmayer9501 so true! It makes you feel so uncomfortable but then so .. comfortable during their family scenes with signs and hints that something sinister is going on beneath the surface but makes the audience read between the lines. It’s one of those films you finish and just think about when the credits roll. Amazing.

@geeman.8081 Год назад

Spot on, for awhile, because the ending is vague I took it not as suicide, but her father losing himself to other demons. There was a scene very early on when he steps outside to smoke where it looks like he's shooting up drugs.

@DDCCCCOOOPP 8 месяцев назад

It is usually you lose someone to suicide in real life… No drama, no madness before death, just time passing by.

@EveMay13 Год назад

Can’t believe this movie wasn’t nominated for best picture and best director

@leonardohenriquemeressilva614 Год назад

It's not a commercial movie. The only explanation I guess. Al least here in Brazil the movie was not played on big theaters. Only alternative places. Hollywood doesn't like that I think.

@levimeirelles Год назад

@@leonardohenriquemeressilva614 Exato!

@sticktheman4873 Год назад

I think a24 is really bad at oscar campaigns. They put all their eggs in one basket with everything everywhere and left this by the wayside. It being a debut film with no big names also played a role in it being ignored

@antoinerenouf2476 Год назад

who cares about prices and nomination, its a master piece it all that matter :-)

@matthewjett9070 Год назад

@@sticktheman4873 Everything Everywhere is overrated. Also, the Oscars are a joke. It’s nice to see quality pictures and actors win awards which brings awareness to the art and the talent, but it really isn’t a judge of quality. It’s politics.

@45dable Год назад

When you think cinema is dying just remember there are these little jewels hidden somewhere anyone wants to watch.

@vyvafc Год назад

I'd had a run of films I was completely underwhelmed by, or disliked - was weirdly anxious I had lost my lifelong love of cinema. Then I saw this.

@Tmtrnr. Год назад

The places we needed to look for gems like this one just changed.

@RyanKaufman 2 месяца назад

I had just come off Aquaman 2 and some other Marvel-adjacent diarrhea. I was feeling pretty burnt on film. Then this scene hit and I realized no, I do still love film. A great score, the perfect shot, the perfect performance, beautiful. I know it's harder and riskier to do, but fucking christ how anyone with 200 million to burn wouldn't want to make 30 of these instead of one piss awful film, I'll never know. I guess that's why I don't have 200 mil to burn.

@jodiel4158 Месяц назад

Try MUBI. It’s a film subscription. I first saw Aftersun on there. And it has an incredible catalogue filled with of absolute gems.

@matienazemy1382 Год назад

The last shot of Calum just standing was incredibly painful.

@45dable Год назад

And how he enters to the end of the hall, which is in darkness. I comprenhend in that last scene he stops being happy and he buries in his depression one more time. Well, at least is what I get when he enters throught the dark depths.

@JimboCKW Год назад

@@45dable my read of it is that the rave scenes are what’s happening inside adult Sophie’s head, so she gets closer and closer to reaching Calum as she watches the tapes trying to hold on to him, and him entering the rave at the end is because that’s the last time she saw her dad, so from then on he only exists in her memory

@45dable Год назад

@@JimboCKW good analysis, in my case I keep with the idea he drowns in his depression and possibly he suicides, vanishes or die for any reason. I don't know, but something happens with him that is the way I read the scene.

@AC_Milan1899 8 месяцев назад

I see the rave scenes as regrets and guilt

@jordangreene454 7 месяцев назад

@@45dable it was pointed a lot he was suicidal.. not to the mention the postcard that was for Sophie whenever she got home! I truly believe he planned his death and this last trip with her. Because he knew he wasn’t ever gonna see her again.

@fensew94 Год назад

One of the beautiful things about this film is how the audience's relationship with it mirrors Sophie's relationship with this holiday. On first viewing we see it from the innocent child Sophie's perspective as we are still in the dark to Calum's struggles and ultimate fate. Upon revisiting it however we, like adult Sophie, can't help but look for the signs at what was really going on with her dad.

@ScreenplayWise Год назад

Great insight! It's fascinating how the audience's perspective can evolve and change with each viewing of a film, and how our understanding of the characters and their experiences can deepen over time. Speaking of gaining a deeper understanding of the protagonist's perspective, you might find this post on the film helpful: www.screenplaywise.com/1135/03/into-the-protagonists-perspective-aftersun/. It explores how the film invites us to see the world through Sophie's eyes, and how her journey parallels our own as viewers. Thanks for sharing your thoughts! 🤗📽

@dannyx498 11 месяцев назад

Yeah I thought it was another coming-of-age story. None of Calum behavior struck me as odd until he walked into the ocean at night fully clothed

@danngenesispilapil1384 8 месяцев назад

@@dannyx498yeahh, i actually thought when *spoilers* Calum spat on the mirror, it was kind of a Scottish tradition before going out. I was so confused that time.

@cinemonger1270 Год назад

I love the way that the movie make us to decode what's going on in the first minute to the last minutes and it turns out that the movie is about Sophie decoding why his father commit suicide even they had a great dad and daughter time in turkey. Hauntingly Beautiful, 10/10

@txw2586 Год назад

how do you knowhe committed suicide?

@babi8026 Год назад

@@txw2586 it isn’t explicit but it’s clear that he suffers from depression, anxiety and has self harm tendencies (the scenes when he’s on top of the railing of the balcony like he’s about to jump and when he rushes to the ocean and almost drowns) and since she never sees him again after the trip we can assume that he probably killed himself. also there’s a a sense of anger that comes from adult sophie in those rave scenes, she’s mad that he would commit suicide when she had no idea he was going through something like that, which is also why she’s watching back the tapes imo, she wants to look back at the signs and understand why

@txw2586 Год назад

@@babi8026 Thanks for sharing. I was kind of hope that they’ve just lost connection despite all these signs. Well, let me go have another good cry

@johnathanamaya7108 Год назад

@@txw2586 there’s also one quick shot before the dance sequence it cuts to Callum crying there’s a post it note sent that seems it’s going to be sent to Sophie saying sorry and that he loves her

@txw2586 Год назад

@@johnathanamaya7108 Oh , I thought that was just a postcard that he sent to her during that trip. I assume his suicide was at a later stage not right after the trip. But this could be

@rodrigogcoritiba Год назад

I can only imagine how much it hurt to write down Calum is gone. Sophie stands alone.

@asteroid_ww2194 Год назад

Yes. That is so heart-wrenching to see adult Sophie standing alone and younger Sophie still smiling at the same time, not knowing what will happen to her.

@user-rl6el1bo6x Год назад

That last scene might be the single most affecting moment I've ever experienced in a film

@user-rl6el1bo6x Год назад

as soon as that score hits it's over

@biggestfanofroger Год назад

I had never cried as hard because of a film, but this final scene touched me in a different way. I only started crying during the last shot, but I couldn't stop sobbing for 45 minutes

@ericmarx66 Год назад

❤

@klarapitonakova330 11 месяцев назад

oh god, same experience. I just went gone from the cinema and I cried (bit hysterically )nonstop all the way

@celine6355 Год назад

This guy needs to stop playing too sweet and vulnerable characters. He is so good that I get tears in my eyes even when he is just doing interviews. He is gonna be a huge star!

@Galaxy_Tone Год назад

Here's pretty rotten in God's Creatures

@scottishphotographer Год назад

He's just played Stanley Kowalski in 'A Streetcar Named Desire'. The opposite of sweet and vulnerable!

@celine6355 Год назад

@@scottishphotographer oh really, I haven't seen that one yet. I will check it out, thanks.

@vicvic3455 Год назад

How do I explain why from now on I will be crying every time Under Pressure plays?

@camilaconcha9531 Год назад

Same here

@negardanaeifard6166 Год назад

Same. And I used to listen to that song a lot. But can’t really do it anymore 😭

@GordonKegg Год назад

@@negardanaeifard6166 I know, totally changed the song forever!

@liddad 3 месяца назад

I fully broke apart during the slow pan across Sophie's apartment as you see all of the musical equipment, especially the record player and big speakers. In Sophie's imagination, she's seeing him on ecstasy at a rave, after a couple of inferences during the film about Callum having been a raver, and she's reaching out to him unable to grab any part of her dad. We've already seen the rug too earlier in the film, so there had already been clues that he would commit suicide between the holiday and the modern day. So in that slow pan across everything she owns, everything clicks into place; Sophie has a deep love for music. She's got a guitar, she's got old records, she's got the big speakers for playing her music loud, she's got her dad's rug, and she's sitting alone watching the old videos of this holiday. So much of Sophie's apartment, and so much of her life has been built around trying to find whatever connection she could find with him. Trying to find connections in music and raving and watching an old home video of their holiday. And nobody does that unless they lose their dad young - "This is our last dance" was more specific than we think. That was the last time she saw him. Then we get to the final shot of Callum in the airport, with him walking off into the rave, and the door settling closed behind him; a barrier preventing Sophie from finding that connection, which just sits as a final twist of the knife. It's one of the best examples of visual storytelling I've ever seen. Absolutely heartbreaking.

@ZsebtelepHUN 4 месяца назад

The "Callum is gone Sophie stands alone" line hits just as hard as the entire movie. Imagine how it must have felt for Charlotte to write those 2 lines.

@faviolaura9403 2 месяца назад

the price of art is pain

@Zephirite. 21 день назад

@@faviolaura9403Close. The price of pain is art. Trust me, it hurt more before those words were written than it did after.

@meganwatkins6798 Год назад

I love how after you realise it’s been adult Sophie watching the videos on her tv the audience must look back at the whole film again differently, as if sifting through memories just like adult Sophie had been doing the whole time

@carouselcakes6237 Год назад

Such a clever film. WE ARE Sophie, we just don’t realise it until the end which is why it hits us so hard. We only know as much as she does & like her we’re trying to piece it all together & understand Calum. I’ve never seen anything like this before, a week later I’m still thinking about Calum & trying to understand him….just like Sophie.

@lucasdasilva23 Год назад

@@carouselcakes6237 brilliant narrative

@SkyBlueHearts Год назад

@carouselcakes6237 yes and in hindsight the framing of some of the scenes being kind of frustrating and obscured for the audience (IMO) is Sophie's experience too of looking back trying to piece together a fuller picture of her father from fragments of recordings and her childhood memories

@AC_Milan1899 8 месяцев назад

The director gives you lots of clues but you have to look for them. Like when Sophie is asleep and we see Calum. That's obviously not through Sophies eyes.

@tonyp5997 Год назад

Paul Mescal deserves an Oscar nomination for Best Actor. He was phenomenal in this film.

@peaceofiona9198 Год назад

From the day I had seen the movie I've become Mescalero. And I'm not even Apache. Thanks at least to BAFTA for nomination for him. I'm not sure about Oscar though. It would shame actually

@cakegirlx Год назад

He did get it❤

@romilrh Год назад

I didn't dare to hope, but he actually got it! So happy for him

@guilad7130 Год назад

Comments that aged well!

@peaceofiona9198 Год назад

@@romilrh So do I. I hope at least BAFTA get it right and give him award

@Nubrigtube Год назад

The decision to make the very final scene simpler with the camera stopping the pan to the doors to the rave is an absolute genius one. Sets the tone for the whole film, for the whole mood adult Sophie had for the entire session of her rewatching the video tape and also for a second viewing as well. Nothing short of brilliant and perfect that make me want to thank every single person that worked on this film for giving us such a masterpiece.

@carouselcakes6237 Год назад

When she scrunches her eyes whilst pressed into his chest & ‘love, love, love’ is echoing. My heart can’t take it, she loved her father sooo much.

@ottawawn 7 месяцев назад

That subtle yet profound moment absolutely wrecked me. Especially since I have a daughter Sophie’s age.

@dc5937 Год назад

His voice breaking when he says "bye" at 3:53. Utterly heartbreaking. Phenomenal from every aspect as a film

@stipetv1548 Год назад

I never thought I'd make to 30 myself, let alone 40. I'm 43 now and the void is enormous. This scene was thrilling, the whole movie I recognize myself in him so much. This song and how's adapted to the scene is remarkable. This movie should've gotten way many more nominations by the Academy.

@skyandtheme Год назад

we're so proud of you

@Gendgi 10 месяцев назад

Hope you are doing good!

@SCharlesDennicon Год назад

When I watched that part, I was like... okay, something's definitely happening in my soul, right now... what a haunting experience. Great, great film making.

@nenomengo Год назад

yes, that movie give us a feeling we had never experienced before. Stunning masterpiece

@deeplyaverage Год назад

Absolute masterpiece. A perfect portrait of Male depression.

@EdgingLucasTracy Год назад

100% silent but all consuming

@miacheljhonson6323 10 месяцев назад

A perfect portrait of a weak male.

@micahsnow346 Год назад

Some of the best use of music in a scene I’ve ever seen, and probably the best movie I’ve seen this year. Also the moment that actually destroyed me was when you see adult Sophie meeting her father in the rave and you just see the anger flashing across her face. As she’s grabbing for her father, you can’t tell if she’s fighting him or embracing him. I suppose she was fighting to embrace him. Absolutely broke my heart

@user-ne4fp2ts3n 2 месяца назад

This movie destroyed me. It’s such a brilliant, beautiful, and heartbreaking film. I don’t know if I can ever watch it again, but I recommend everyone watch it at least once.

@3Autumn3 6 месяцев назад

The split second of Paul mescal’s face as he stares off to the distance, after he drops his camera just instantly made me burst to tears man Sophie’s talk of that feeling after a really nice day just came back to me and hit me like a truck

@strickban Год назад

this scene is pure art. The best I've seen in years

@metadigital3595 Год назад

딸을 혼자키우는 우울증 걸린 아빠로서, 딸과의 추억 파편이 제가 없어도 살아가는 동안 기둥이 되었으면 좋겠습니다. 배우들의 절제된 연기와 감독의 연출은 미쳤습니다.. 영화를 본지 시간이 흘렀지만 잔상과 여운이 가시질 않는 masterpiece 입니다.

@filmbrozach5500 Год назад

The use of "Under Pressure" is in my opinion the best use of a song in a film

@reedhobarth Год назад

saw this in a small cinema last night by myself and cried uncontrollably in the cinema toilets afterwards. This film will haunt me for a long time. Beautiful but harrowingly sad

@jeashillelal7805 Год назад

Hope this movie gets recognition at the Oscars

@ScreenplayWise Год назад

We'll know soon 🤞

@marcjohnson3553 Год назад

Sadly I wasn’t expecting much in terms of noms for this movie. But extremely glad Paul Mescal got nominated for best actor, very much deserved

@facundovignoli Год назад

Paul Mescal was nominated!! 🎉🎉🎉

@jeashillelal7805 Год назад

@@marcjohnson3553 yes Paul being nominated is a win in itself

@facundovignoli Год назад

@Kevin Barco Ladines Not only, but Best Picture, Cinematography, Editing, Directing

@user-hc9bk2gd7s Месяц назад

I genuinely think that those that don't like this movie didn't understand it, at all!

@kbbl11 Год назад

That music that starts playing when we see calum for the last time, it’s so nostalgic and heartbreaking, breaks me everytime i hear it

@thaliaguido6364 Год назад

It’s so personal, raw, authentic and so utterly devastating that it hits home no matter how much walls you’ve built within yourself, this movie truly touches you deeply. What I truly love about it too is that he recognizes how young Sophie accepts and loves him no matter what…yeah she was hurt by him, she felt abandoned and still she’s there saying happy birthday and asking people to sing to him. She forgave him from the heart cause she loves her dad that much…unconditionally. Calum realizes of this and instead of that sparking some light in his heart -which matches so breathtakingly beautifully in this last scene when “why don’t we give love one more chance” sounds- he feels so unworthy of her love and ends up succumbing to guilt and shame. To escaping from reality. Wow, my face is still swollen from sobbing and I watched for the first time last night. Masterpiece.

@theo7371 3 месяца назад

The biggest part is shame. He can't stand the thought of his daughter growing up and recognising the mess he's in. In that holiday she is already starting to sense that something's wrong and that's what breaks him most. However, ultimately, nothing could let Sophie down more than suicide. Culture pressures men to be strong and to be the providers. I think that's the biggest reason why the suicide rate of depressed men is 7% vs 1% for women (I'm just an armchair psychiatrist though so don't take my word for it). A man isn't supposed to look weak. But the reality is that your kids first and foremost need you to be there and to love them. More than depression itself, I think what pushes someone to commit suicide is the shame of showing valunerability. For example with adult Sophie we see her look openly sad as her partner wishes her happy birthday. Openly sharing her depression with someone she loves no doubt helps her through it instead of having to put on a front.

@bencruise3156 Год назад

Crazy how Paul Mescal has gone from the back of a bus on its way to Ballyhaunis to an Oscar-nominated actor. Mad respect.

@lucyredford-hunt1483 Год назад

My dad died in December and watching this film absolutely ruined me. Too close to home rn but so beautiful ❤

@ScreenplayWise Год назад

I'm sorry for your loss and the emotional impact the film 'Aftersun' had on you. It's important to take the time you need to heal and feel your emotions. Take care 🤗

@johnPaul-qn3dg Год назад

It's a masterpiece, now up there with the the greatest pieces of film in film history, this is their last dance, I cried gloops. Charlotte Wells the writer and director is a name we are all going to know.

@ScreenplayWise Год назад

You should watch her short films, they are at: charlotte-wells.com

@johnPaul-qn3dg Год назад

@@ScreenplayWise thank you I certainly will

@jamesytheblue Год назад

This film broke me, and I’ll never listen to that song the same way again.

@cameronstutts7257 Месяц назад

Still one of, if not the best ending of all time. This film was a masterpiece

@nathangrimley7329 Год назад

The 360 degree transitions from 3:57 to 5:15 are mind blowing.

@robertratajczak3931 Год назад

This is so creative and powerful

@cfrzd87 Год назад

I remember being sort of bored in the beginning of this movie and suddenly I was totally into Calum and Sophie's relationship. This scene broke my heart, and it's one of the most beautiful things I ever watched.

@AC_Milan1899 Месяц назад

He was savouring the last moment with his daughter as long as he could cos when he closes that screen he has resolved to end it.

@endurance24601 Год назад

The juxtaposition of their "Last Dance" with the "Dance of Doom" Calum does in the rave! Look at his graceful dance, coaxing Sophie to join him, his face split into a benign smile, every fibre of his being radiating love and happiness, the way he grips Sophie in a tight embrace, the way she playfully pushes him away. And then in the rave, he's not dancing but "dancing away" from something, not graceful but desperate, maniacal, possessed. His face is a mask of fatigue and agony, anxiety and worry perverting his kind and beautiful features into something alien. The way Sophie's trying to lock him into an embrace, trying to calm him down, tell him she's there for him, hoping he'll recognize her and relax, which he does but for a fleeting moment. And finally, the way he pushes her away and falls into the same abyss that has claimed countless lives.

@Melody-td5hd Год назад

I didn't start crying until the credits started to roll, and everything just kind of hit me at once. What a devastating movie. Beautiful and brilliant, but devastating.

@fionajean5469 Год назад

damn so powerful with emotions, makes me want to cry and throw up at the same time. This movie has became one of the reasons I want to pursue filmmaking.

@ScreenplayWise Год назад

Happy to hear that! The best of luck!

@Hx3ney Год назад

Do it! The world needs more artists!

@onebigandthreesmall3203 Год назад

This scene is gut wrenching. I can't stop watching it. 10/10

@user-jt3mm9ye5o 8 месяцев назад

I’m glad to see so many people can relate and feel meaning from this scene. It had me thinking for a couple weeks afterwards.

@MrPoe22 Год назад

This movie is effortlessly flawless, in a way I can’t quite put into words. It truly is a cinematic masterpiece; Hands down, my favorite film of all time. It conveys so much raw, human emotion using mostly body language, facial expression and innuendo. This is a rare film that stays with you long after watching it. The ending ties everything up and leaves you haunted. This is as good as it gets.

@peaceofiona9198 Год назад

You know that you accidentally mentionted in your commentary two more Queen songs. Body Language and Innuendo are titles of their lesser known tracks. They also have two songs about suicide Don't Try Suicide and Keep Passing The Open Windows. You're right about this movie being a masterpiece. Though it isn't my favorite movie of all time it definitely has one of best ending sequence in a history of cinema.

@t.miranda176 9 месяцев назад

Mi papá falleció hace tiempo y por un par de años no había pensado en él más allá de la versión idealizada que existe de él después de su partida. Viendo Aftersun no pude evitar relacionar mis vivencias junto a mi papá cuando yo era niño, pensé mucho cuando me llevó a Disney de California, solo él y yo, tenía más o menos la edad de Sophie y también lo grabé todo. Sin esperarlo, pude al fin volver a mi papá como era, un ser humano con luchas y penas, alguien de verdad que, a pesar de sus desaciertos, solo quería verme el bien. Y yo, ahora tengo 31, viviendo uno de los peores años de mi vida, recién habiéndome quedado sin trabajo, abandonado por alguien que quise mucho, tratando de poner mi vida en orden otra vez, y pensando en que mi papá sabría qué hacer. Lo extraño mucho, y extraño mi antigua vida.

@videojuegos3dlocurasextrem949 8 месяцев назад

Mucha suerte amigo, piensa que siempre tienes a tus amigos y demás familia a tu lado, y que La vida acababa yendo mejor para ti, como tu padre habría querido. Mucha suerte y de verdad quiero que nunca se te olvide que la vida es preciosa, aunque a veces cueste verlo :=')!.

@potterheadpeculiardemigod165 21 день назад

I'm not exactly a big crier, but man, I couldn't stop sobbing watching this scene and the end of this wonderful movie. The music, the lights, the actors, the emotions and the tragedy. Just a perfect movie. Paul was absolutely brilliant

@818vAll3r0G 5 месяцев назад

As a single dad to an 8 year old girl who shows so much love to me, much more than I feel deserving of, this scene destroys me so much

@ThisIsTheRoad Год назад

Interesting to read about the alternate ending in the script. I guess that version with the beach would have destroyed only 98,5% of my soul.

@federicolopez419 Год назад

I think the original version is more distressing. We are left alone in an empty and cold hall, whereas the alternate ending is more comforting, with the ocean and the two of them sprinting together.

@user-xr7hf3lp3h Год назад

Where can we read the alternative ending?

@ThisIsTheRoad Год назад

@@user-xr7hf3lp3h In this RU-vid video?!?

@user-xr7hf3lp3h Год назад

Lol, my bad I'm meant like the script version. Like in pdf file 😅

@videojuegos3dlocurasextrem949 8 месяцев назад

@@user-xr7hf3lp3h search it on Google it's easy to find, I did haha I want to read it :='pl

@petersampson6210 Год назад

This scene makes me cry every time I watch it. It’s my favorite final shot in any film

@carterbrock6674 4 месяца назад

I will remember this scene for the rest of my life. I finished the movie two hours ago and I'm still crying.

@kirstybubble1 Год назад

This film unravelled something deep within in me and I could not stop crying for HOURS after it ended. I don't think any other film has hit me on such a personal level or made me have such a visceral reaction. What a quietly devastating story.

@mikefreaz Год назад

This is my favorite ending to a film EVER. I love this movie so much that it makes my heart ache. Thank you Charlotte Wells for making such beautiful art!

@ongi09 Год назад

I couldn't stop crying in this scene. With this scene, I fully sympathized with the feelings of the two characters. I could understand the message the director was trying to convey at once. Of course, the power of music played a part.

@waltkissney2312 Год назад

this is probably my favorite scene of any movie I have seen to this day. I think about it at least once a week and every time I watch this video I cry uncontrollably. This movie shows what depression feels like, at least what it feels like for me. I am forever grateful pieces of art like this exist!

@whoami-pg3vu Год назад

Filmi ve çekildiği yerleri beğendin mi ?

@bailey2996 Год назад

I hope he gets the oscar, either way such an amazing actor with or without the award.

@Theu159 Год назад

This scene broke me. Thankfully, I still have both of my parents with me. But I know at some point I’ll lose them, and It’s a very real fear I live with everyday. This scene brought it to the surface and I’m dealin with it. Can help but cry when I remember it.

@Omuraiszu Год назад

Same. I've never experienced death in my immediate family. I'm so scared and I don't know if i'll ever cope when the day comes. :(

@scd9815 Год назад

I have never been hit so hard by a movie like Aftersun. Such a masterpiece

@paulosky_84 Год назад

The ending is brilliant, what a tremendous debut for a filmmaker.

@Congun 7 дней назад

I come back to this ending as well as past lives and perfect days endings. I think they’re perfect in score and brining out emotions/feelings I don’t usually share or feel outside of my own mind.

@donnatroy5381 Год назад

Jfc. I watched this movie yesterday and I think it got a good permanent place in my brain now. I just woke up and cried for like 20 minutes

@Katie_17 Год назад

I just want to thank everyone who made this movie. I connected with it on so many levels. Dad, I love you and I miss you.

@jillmayer9501 Год назад

After watching it a second time I find myself begging for him to not walk through those doors. Utterly heartbreaking in such a complex way. I don’t know what to do with myself

@camillebetancourt266 Год назад

I do think the same too

@cinemonger1270 Год назад

Oscar Winning Scene

@felipemoreira7024 Год назад

This is probably the best scene i've ever watched in a movie. I just can't stop thinking about it.

@michaellambgelo Месяц назад

I knew from the director's commentary that the ending was different in the screenplay. Thank you for letting me see it in contrast. I'm careful who I share this beautiful film with...

@eun-solkim7080 Год назад

Snubbed. Deserves best film. It deserves all the awards.

@ogarga666 Год назад

right before the final score piece starts playing, I was sobbing hard. This end is a master work

@fuzzytabby4304 Год назад

I don't understand why this hits you so hard, it just does. Just goes to show the talent of the film makers ability to connect with the audience.

@peaceofiona9198 Год назад

Today I saw this for the second time and it really hit me hard. I took my friend with me who is an avid cinema lover but he didn't get it . He said the film was irritating him and asked me if I really consider this film as a masterpiece. Shame. My response was Yes I do!

@ocrow3654 Год назад

I think it’s because the narrative and message of the whole film are spread out in the build up to the last 15 or so minutes - and then it all hits you like a truck

@luibola208 Год назад

one of the most painful movies ive ever watched, could not control my tears in this movie

@catalinaa766 Год назад

Absolutely adored this film. And this ending just pours with emotion. I also love how it’s up for interpretation so from what I’ve gathered is that throughout the film this is a very important age for her. She doesn’t know if she should hang with the older teens; her own worries in her own small world perhaps blinded her from her dads true mental state. Older Sophie now tries to grasp her dads issues through the recordings but the flashing lights shows her memory is fragmented and is trying to piece it together. I also took note of the many reflections throughout the film (e.g. the reflection of the gate) which I think shows her reflection of her memories. Just these subtle components of the film like the reflections and the nudge towards the dads mental state when he said “ I’m surprised I made it to 30” makes the movie that much more cleverly powerful. Just wow! Well done Charlotte Wells! This movie a masterpiece and probably one of the best films I’ve seen!

@ScreenplayWise Год назад

Love your comment! Just so you know: in the holidays, Calum is turning 31, the same age adult Sophie is (remember that scene in which her girlfriend/wife wishes her happy birthday?)

@MrPoe22 Год назад

My thoughts exactly. This is perhaps my favorite film of all time. No movie has captivated me quite as much as this one did. It’s simply brilliant !

@pressrepeat2000 4 месяца назад

One of the best ending scenes of all time. Everything about it is masterfully crafted, into one incredible, emotionally gripping and visually stunning sequence.

@nickdeeley3513 Год назад

More of an emotional response to this scene on the second and third viewing then on the initial viewing. Perhaps the viewer is more aware of its implications. Really brings the theme of the movie home.

@carouselcakes6237 Год назад

Yes the first time I watched it took it at face value. This didn’t stop me sobbing sporadically over the next 24hrs though. The second time I was looking for clues related to Calum’s state of mind and then it hit me. WE are Sophie. The scenes with Calum by himself are what’s in adult Sophie’s imagination. We don’t know if he went into the sea, we don’t know what he was doing balancing on those railings, we don’t know how he came to buy the rug & we don’t know if he did walk in front of a bus. We are trying to piece together his movements, what he was doing & feeling when he wasn’t with Sophie. As Sophie must’ve done when looking back to that holiday and the times they weren’t together. She was trying to understand what triggered him to do what we think he did. An amazingly clever film because the voyeurs (us) don’t know that we are part of the movie. This is why it hits us so hard. Calum becomes our father too.

@Saeglopur2 Год назад

@Carousel Cakes What an interesting take that I hadn't thought of! It would make so much sense that Sophie is trying to piece together what could have happened and imagining these scenarios throughout the movie when Calum is alone as she wonders what he went through or how he felt. So very powerful.

@markh40511 Год назад

I wrote something similar re: scenes of Calum by himself on another video. Nice to know someone else thought so, too!

@frankyan3943 Год назад

And this film was not even nominated for Best Editing at the Oscars. Absolutely ridiculous

@AC_Milan1899 8 месяцев назад

That last scene just tears me up. What a film!!! Stays with you for ages. Makes us all think about what our parents were going through when we were too young to understand.

@darkrabbitfilms Год назад

A crushingly beautiful finale.. that subtle flicker of the purgatory that awaits him. What an incredible film!

@arielalevi2885 Год назад

I literally cant watch this ending scene without crying my god it’s just so perfect

@dumblebird6430 Год назад

This is one of the most heart-wrenching scenes I've ever seen in a movie. The song was a brilliant choice.

@fuckthizshizzle Год назад

I started to weep as soon he entered that door, in someway I identify with Calum, I`ve been going with some struggles lately, this movie hits home hard.

@rickrollins6640 Год назад

Keep going my friend. One day at a time.

@SOak145 Год назад

Same tbh - the ending fucking destroyed me - I don't want to end up like Calum (if the insinuations about his fate are correct) , every day is a battle now

@sofiepans6258 Год назад

This movie and last scene are the purest form of art and talent!♥️

@MrVisde Год назад

So much melancholy in this scene. A beautiful moment and then it’s gone.

@enskyenskk Год назад

The 'bye' at 3:51 really got to me for some reason.

@geeman.8081 Год назад

It's the hug that gets me, it's like she knows she's lost him

@CarlosHNP27 Год назад

El hecho de que el recuerdo de su padre en su mente sea de él bailando en esa habitación negra debe significar lo contrastante de sus sentimientos hacia él. Debió ser el recuerdo de él en el que lo vio más feliz y desenvuelto. Disfrutando el momento. Un recuerdo que terminó oscurecido por su suicidio. Rememorar los últimos días que compartió con él, en aparente felicidad, pero que en realidad estaba lleno de tristeza, de presión. Intentar hacer las pases con ese individuo al que nunca conoció verdaderamente pero que en el fondo sabía que la amaba como nada en el mundo. Excelente selección de canción para una excelente escena final.

@a126366184 Год назад

One thing I haven’t seen anyone mention. The last dance between father and daughter should be at her wedding, but Callum knew he doesn’t have that chance. That’s why he insists.

@stileszzm 10 месяцев назад

you’re making me cry again i can’t

@davidaloisio6179 Год назад

“Calum is gone” gives me goosebumps

@astropgn 2 месяца назад

A movie that builds and builds and builds and then it delivers all at once. Incredible

@Game_Masters Год назад

So basically her father had so many problems, but he did the best he could to make sure that Sophie was happy ? The time he spent with her was a way for him to be happy as well. But then Sophie leaves and so does he. Future Sophie realizes that all her father wanted was to spend some time with her