Movie club - Aftersun
Our second Movie Club date is approaching - Tuesday 14 March (after the long weekend) and we’ll be heading off to Westgarth Cinema to see Aftersun.
The movie starts at 12.45pm and we will catch the 12.27pm train from Alphington Station. We should be at the cinema around 12.40pm. You can meet us at ACC or at the train station (if you know what we look like). Same goes for the movies. To avoid missing each other, or missing any last minute changes etc., if you are thinking of coming along please join our Movie Club What’s App Group. Just email us here and we’ll send you the link to join.
Here are the details about the movie …
Oscar-nominee Paul Mescal is luminous in the intimate, award-winning A24 drama from BAFTA-winning debut feature director Charlotte Wells. Winner of an incredible seven British Independent Film Awards and nominated for three Critics Choice Awards, critics have described the radiant debut feature from the Scottish filmmaker as "one of the year's best films". The spellbinding gem of a father-daughter drama stars Mescal (Normal People, The Lost Daughter) who delivers a masterclass in understated acting that reflects in his mesmerisingly natural rapport with extraordinary newcomer Francesca Corio.
This evocative 90s-set drama, with an effortlessly cool soundtrack to match, sees divorced dad Calum (Mescal) on a holiday with his 11-year-old daughter Sophie (Corio) to a budget Turkish resort. At the fading vacation resort, Sophie treasures rare time 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.
Aftersun draws you in like an ocean current, playing out sun-baked childhood memories woven together with tender home video footage almost like a dream, but there is an inescapable feeling that something darker lingers below the surface of this beach trip. Along with Mescal and Corio who flow through this searingly emotional film with a captivating chemistry that perfectly encapsulates the complex bond between parent and child, Wells has made an unforgettable and profound mark with this heart-stopping feature debut.
AWARDS
2023 Academy Award® Nominee
Best Leading Actor – Paul Mescal
3 x 2023 Critics Choice® Nominee
Best Actor – Paul Mescal
Best Young Actor/Actress – Frankie Corio
Best Original Screenplay
2023 BAFTA® Winner - Outstanding debut as a British Writer/Director/Producer – Charlotte Wells
Winner of 7 British Independent Film Awards (BIFA):
Best British Independent Film
Best Director – Charlotte Wells
Best Screenplay – Charlotte Wells
Best Debut Director – Charlotte Wells
Best Cinematography – Gregory Oke
Best Editing – Blair McClendon
Best Music Supervision – Lucy Bright
