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Aftersun
Sign in to saveAftersun is a 2022 semi-autobiographical coming-of-age drama film written and directed by Charlotte Wells in her feature directorial debut. Starring Paul Mescal, Frankie Corio, and Celia Rowlson-Hall, the film is loosely based on Wells' childhood and follows an 11-year-old Scottish girl on holiday with her father at a Turkish resort on the eve of his 31st birthday.
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Aftersun is a 2022 drama film written and directed by Charlotte Wells. The movie features Paul Mescal and Frankie Corio in the cast. It was produced by Adele Romanski and Barry Jenkins through companies including BBC Film and British Film Institute. The story is set in the 1990s on the Turkish Riviera and centers on a vacation. The film was filmed in Istanbul.
The film was distributed by Mubi and A24. It has a runtime of 101 to 102 minutes and was released in 2022. Aftersun originated from the United Kingdom and the United States. It is named after aftersun lotion. The production had a capital cost of 920,000. The film received a box office total of 8,256,890.
Aftersun participated in the 2022 Cannes Film Festival and the 35th European Film Awards. It received the New York Film Critics Circle Awards, National Board of Review: Top Ten Films, Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature, and BAFTA Award for Best Newcomer. The film was nominated for a European Film Award for Best Actor, a BAFTA Award for Best British Film, a BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, and a BAFTA Award for Best Casting. It holds an IMDb rating of 7.6 and a Metascore of 95.
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Film · TMDB
7.7Sophie reflects on the shared joy and private melancholy of a holiday she took with her father twenty years earlier. Memories fill the gaps between camcorder footages as she tries to reconcile the father she knew with the troubled man she didn't.
Cast
- Paul Mescal as Calum
- Frankie Corio as Sophie
- Brooklyn Toulson as Michael
- Celia Rowlson-Hall as Adult Sophie
- Sally Messham as Belinda
- Ayşe Parlak as Teen Girl 1
Themes
- hotel
- depression
- karaoke
- tourist
- vacation
- turkey
- swimming pool
- coming of age
- memory
- tai chi
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Ratings
IMDb
7.6/10
127,815 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
96%
Metacritic
95/100
- Year
- 2022
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. 98 wins & 182 nominations total
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Key facts
- Film.name
- Aftersun
- Film.image
- Aftersun.jpg
- Film.alt
- In grainy footage reminiscent of an early camcorder, a man and a young girl sit at the beach looking towards the horizon. The girl glances over at him. The word "aftersun" is placed above them in big letters. Below them, the image fades out in glitchy effects.
- Film.caption
- Release poster
- Film.director
- Charlotte Wells
- Film.writer
- Charlotte Wells
- Film.cinematography
- Gregory Oke
- Film.editing
- Blair McClendon
- Film.music
- Oliver Coates
- Film.runtime
- 101 minutes
- Film.language
- English
- Film.gross
- $9.7 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Named after
- aftersun lotion
- Participant in
- 2022 Cannes Film Festival
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- Turkish
- Main subject
- vacation
- Director
- Charlotte Wells
- Screenwriter
- Charlotte Wells
- Producer
- Barry Jenkins
- Production company
- British Film Institute
- Narrative location
- Turkish Riviera
- Filming location
- Q207998
- Duration
- 101
- FilmAffinity ID
- 801174
- Official website
- a24films.com/films/aftersun
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- title
- Aftersun
- publication date
- 2023-03-09
- nominated for
- BAFTA Award for Best Casting
- set in period
- 1990s
- box office
- 1658790
- capital cost
- 920000
- review score
- 7.6/10
- Commons category
- Aftersun
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- Plot
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- Production
- Music
- Soundtrack
- Score
- Release and reception
- Critical response
- Awards and nominations
- References
- External links
Aftersun is a 2022 semi-autobiographical coming-of-age drama film written and directed by Charlotte Wells in her feature directorial debut. Starring Paul Mescal, Frankie Corio, and Celia Rowlson-Hall, the film is loosely based on Wells' childhood and follows an 11-year-old Scottish girl on holiday with her father at a Turkish resort on the eve of his 31st birthday.
Aftersun had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival on 21 May 2022, where Wells was nominated for the Caméra d'Or. It was theatrically released in the United States on 21 October and in the United Kingdom on 18 November. The film received widespread acclaim from critics, who praised the direction, screenplay, cinematography, visuals, and performances of Corio and Mescal.
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