A review of the 2022 film “Aftersun”
By the time that I caught up with this film, it had received 121 nominations and 33 awards, so the critics clearly adored it, and I wanted very much to do so too. I love to see new talent and this is the feature film debut of Scottish director, writer and producer Charlotte Wells.
The story is the holiday in a Turkish holiday resort of 11-year old Sophie (played by an amazing Franki Corio) and her 31-year old father (wonderfully portrayed by Paul Mescal) who is divorced from her mother. It is beautifully acted but, for me, it is too slow, too little happens, and what is really happening is too opaque.