
I just finished watching this absolutely beautiful, poignant film, and I couldn’t help but wonder if any of you watched it. It’s a very quiet, slow movie, so if you are someone who needs fast shots and big things happening, this isn’t for you. Paul Mescal gives such a poignant, subtle, understated but beautiful performance.
It’s about an 11 year old girl who goes on a holiday to Turkey with her 30 year old father, who is turning 31. The film takes place 20 years later, with a now 31 year old Sophie remembering that Holiday she took with her father 20 years earlier, and the last time she saw him (from what I gathered). Sophie lives with her mother, as her father and mother divorced, and she has a very distant relationship with her father, who she wants to feel close to and he pretends to as much as he can but she can tell he’s going through his own personal struggles (financially and personally).
It’s such an interesting film with such a beautiful performance from Paul Mescal. While I doubt he will get nominated, I would love to see him get an Oscar nod for this. He didn’t get in at the Globes but he did the Critics Choice.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 120 | March 22, 2023 1:40 AM |
I did see this movie, it was interesting , I wish they had more context to what situation the father got into the night he got drunk and ended up naked in bed.
by Anonymous | reply 1 | December 23, 2022 9:26 PM |
R1 I don’t think there was any situation. That was the night he went up to bed early and his daughter didn’t wanna come. He fell asleep early and she was locked out.
Maybe he had some drinks but I don’t think there was much there to think of.
by Anonymous | reply 2 | December 23, 2022 9:32 PM |
And Mescal dong in the movie?
by Anonymous | reply 3 | December 23, 2022 9:40 PM |
Any gay content or themes?
by Anonymous | reply 5 | December 23, 2022 10:07 PM |
the father is handsome and has a nice ass R5
by Anonymous | reply 6 | December 23, 2022 10:10 PM |
R5 no. Because the world doesn’t revolve around us. I said what the movies about. A father and daughter. Jesus.
by Anonymous | reply 7 | December 23, 2022 10:12 PM |
So what are his personal struggles
by Anonymous | reply 8 | December 23, 2022 10:13 PM |
R8 wait… you think sexuality is the only struggle someone can have?
by Anonymous | reply 9 | December 23, 2022 10:15 PM |
R8 men and women can have many issues in life that have nothing to do with sexuality. Maybe you should get off the internet and go out into the real world. Clearly the internet is doing you zero favors.
by Anonymous | reply 10 | December 24, 2022 1:24 AM |
Paul Mescal is lovely. I need to watch him in other projects.
by Anonymous | reply 11 | December 24, 2022 7:59 PM |
Such an odd film. There's a lot to respect in this - raw and creative cinematography, perfect acting, clever and observant script. But those detail describe a well crafted "small" film. Yet the film had such emotional power. The total way more than the sum of its parts.
by Anonymous | reply 12 | December 26, 2022 12:13 AM |
R12 the girl who plays the daughter was wonderful, but Paul Mescal really kept me interested. He was so good. I loved this small film. I didn’t expect to.
by Anonymous | reply 13 | December 26, 2022 12:17 AM |
Raw and creative cinematography, prefect acting, clear and observant script, such emotional power, and made me ravenous to lick Mescal's shitter.
by Anonymous | reply 14 | December 26, 2022 12:35 AM |
R 10 is spot on. Stating the obvious but nobody cares
by Anonymous | reply 15 | December 26, 2022 12:35 AM |
It's a beautiful film. Really moving.
by Anonymous | reply 17 | December 27, 2022 1:16 PM |
R16 It trolls a lot - block worthy
by Anonymous | reply 18 | December 27, 2022 1:19 PM |
It was a beautiful film - I found it heartbreaking - even though it was so well done, I could never watch it again!
by Anonymous | reply 19 | December 27, 2022 1:24 PM |
R20 Already that failed attempt at R3.
by Anonymous | reply 21 | December 27, 2022 1:30 PM |
I do not, and r10 is still a jerk.
by Anonymous | reply 22 | December 27, 2022 1:38 PM |
Why do I get the impression one of the posters on here hasn’t even watched it?
by Anonymous | reply 23 | December 27, 2022 4:25 PM |
Since I probably will never see it, could someone just provide spoilers:
Why is this trip the last time sophie sees Calum? Does he die or does he simply exit her life?
What is the significance of the rave scenes and the ending of his walking into the room with the rave?
What is the takeaway regarding theme?
by Anonymous | reply 24 | December 27, 2022 4:42 PM |
Thank you for sharing this, OP! I love films like this - it's definitely on my 'must watch' list for the coming weeks.
by Anonymous | reply 25 | December 27, 2022 4:50 PM |
Wasn't there stories of Mescal being a homophobic bully in drama school?
by Anonymous | reply 26 | December 27, 2022 4:59 PM |
R24 One of its virtues is not supplying easy answers. None of your questions have clear answers,
I just assumed he committed suicide, but that was not shown in the least. Like great poetry, it's not what you make of the film, but rather what the film makes of you.
by Anonymous | reply 27 | December 27, 2022 6:15 PM |
R27 is right. We can only assume what might have happened. But we will never know. We only know that he is severely depressed, hurting and broke, and he has made many mistakes. We also know that he adores his daughter. We see him crying at one point. He runs away one night and looks like he might have died that night (I know that he comes back to the room but....we never see him getting out of the water on a very dark, windy night). And that, whatever happened to her father, she might never get over what happened. It is heartbreaking.
by Anonymous | reply 28 | December 27, 2022 6:24 PM |
He saw her off at the airport so we know he was still alive then.
by Anonymous | reply 29 | December 27, 2022 6:29 PM |
Yes, but did you realize how strange the background was when he finished filming? Also, since it deals with her memory (even though there are recordings, they are still memories) we are never sure what is what or when is when. It is a puzzle that is missing too may pieces for ours to solve.
by Anonymous | reply 30 | December 27, 2022 6:35 PM |
Spoiler alert (or rather, interpretation alert):
R28 R29 The scenes were not chronologically arranged always. Cuts back and forth in time. The scene of his walking off into the dark tide was presented as his "lost night" where he left her locked out of the room... but I took it to be what happened after he left her at the airport. He went back to the resort. The darkness overwhelmed him.
by Anonymous | reply 31 | December 27, 2022 6:39 PM |
One of the few times I’m happy to see spoilers.
The trailer didn’t get me interested in seeing this film but I thought I might check it out on streaming but after reading about it here I’m definitely not going to watch.
by Anonymous | reply 32 | December 27, 2022 6:44 PM |
R27 there isn’t an ounce of implication he committed suicide. He just cut ties with her and her mom.
by Anonymous | reply 33 | December 27, 2022 7:42 PM |
[quote]Interspersed throughout the film are strobe-lit dance rave sequences featuring a crowd of dancing people, Calum in a stupor dancing, and a confused adult Sophie watching the rave unfold from afar. She attempts multiple times to close the distance between herself and Calum but fails, and an adult Sophie appears and angrily pushes her father over when she reaches him.
[quote]Later, Calum and Sophie are at the airport, signalling the end of their holiday and the last moment they spend in each other’s presence. He, waving goodbye, sends her off on her flight back home to her mother. Calum then turns around and walks down the hallway to the room of the dance rave.
Any interpretations of the importances of the raves?
Also, how does the title, Aftersun, fit in?
by Anonymous | reply 34 | December 27, 2022 7:59 PM |
R33 the man is depressed. When his daughter sings happy birthday, he is very uncomfortable, and he cries when he is alone. I am not saying that he has committed suicide, but it is not out of the question.
by Anonymous | reply 35 | December 27, 2022 8:00 PM |
He is happy when he isn’t with her. He feels no connection to her anymore.
by Anonymous | reply 36 | December 27, 2022 8:01 PM |
I think it's rather heavily implied he kills himself.
by Anonymous | reply 37 | December 27, 2022 9:10 PM |
I think it’s heavily implied he said goodbye and never looked back.
by Anonymous | reply 38 | December 27, 2022 9:39 PM |
The young actress playing Sophie deserves an Oscar for this.
by Anonymous | reply 39 | December 27, 2022 10:37 PM |
Good lord OP. I actually followed this thread and watched the film a few minutes ago. This one made me cry. If you ever possibly had a single parent or a
parent die when you were young, I think this film will have special meaning.. There are alot of times now where I think about my mother/father and how they
dealt with certain things, and even wanted to wake up in the morning.. (and I have far more respect for them now as I get into my forties)
This was an outstanding film.
There are a lot signs and some really beautiful symbolism, etc..
There is pretty much no doubt for me what happened to the dad.
I even just checked out the WIkI page, and I think it explains the film as good as anyone can.
That one scene toward the end of the dad alone really got me, as well as the very subtle shot of the meditation books, etc..
One of the best films I have seen in years.
by Anonymous | reply 40 | December 29, 2022 12:21 AM |
Mescal on Graham Norton alluded to his character as having mental problems.
by Anonymous | reply 41 | January 4, 2023 8:15 PM |
Mescal was spotted out with Angelina
by Anonymous | reply 42 | January 4, 2023 8:18 PM |
Interesting but lethargic film that is nowhere near the MASTERPIECE it's been touted to be since Cannes.
by Anonymous | reply 43 | January 4, 2023 8:42 PM |
This person thinks Mescal’s character may have been queer. But don’t all gay men assume that with everyone?
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 44 | January 8, 2023 2:38 AM |
“In an ideal world, best actor would be between Paul Mescal and Colin Farrell this awards season”
Agreed.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 45 | January 8, 2023 2:41 AM |
“Lee Byung-hun in I Saw the Devil Paul Mescal in Aftersun Two internalized performances that set up an emotional trap on you, and then release it so, so powerfully.”
Has anyone watched I Saw The Devil? Was it good?
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 46 | January 8, 2023 2:46 AM |
I would love Mescal to at least get nominated.
For whatever reason this film gets into your bones- and he really had a charisma of a star in this film.
by Anonymous | reply 47 | January 8, 2023 3:54 AM |
Paul Mescal for James Bond?
by Anonymous | reply 49 | January 9, 2023 6:16 PM |
Months ago the director, Charlotte Wells, posted a picture of her and her dad when they were on vacation in Turkey. He was about 31 years old and she was about 11 years old. The characters in the movie are a fair approximation of the real characters in this picture. The picture is posted at link, but you may have to click into it to see the entire picture(s).
I can't find anything where she states clearly what happened to her father, but she seems to refer to him in the past tense in interviews and press junkets for the film.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 51 | January 17, 2023 7:05 AM |
Here's the source for the information on the real picture of her and her father. From Charlotte:
[quote] This film is unmistakably fiction, but within it is a truth that is mine; a love that is mine. Photos, videos—records of different types—are enclosed in the film and so it felt appropriate to enclose one here. A photograph of my dad and of me—the starting point for this project—each a single shot because photos of us both are in short supply in that pre-selfie era. I am 10 or 11, Sophie’s age in the film. My Dad is 31 or 32, a little younger than I am now. We happen to be in Turkey.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 52 | January 17, 2023 7:07 AM |
Adult Sophie is a lesbian with a partner and child so there's some gay content.
by Anonymous | reply 53 | January 17, 2023 5:51 PM |
I got teary eyed when I saw Paul received that Oscar nom. Much deserved for such a beautiful, poignant, understated performance. He was lovely.
by Anonymous | reply 54 | January 24, 2023 9:13 PM |
R54- I am thrilled for him-
by Anonymous | reply 55 | January 26, 2023 1:45 AM |
The linked video compares the Aftersun script to the last 6 minutes of the movie.
IF YOU HAVEN’T SEEN THE MOVIE YET, don’t watch the video and skip this post. You’ll never get the impact of the scene without seeing what comes before it in the film.
IF YOU HAVE SEEN THE MOVIE, you may be interested in this presentation of the end of the film with the script comparison. It reveals a couple of interesting things:
The script makes it clearer what adult Sophie is doing while dancing with the memory of her father. It’s sometimes hard to make out her reactions in the strobe lights of the rave.
Also, the script doesn’t end with the last scene used in the movie. The script includes two small scenes that were to follow the movie’s last scene, but they were eventually discarded. They apparently decided it was too hard to add anything to the final scene in the movie where Calum walks down the airport hallway, opens the double doors, and enters his daughter’s everlasting memory. The audience is left alone in that cold, florescent lit hallway, staring at the strobe-light flashes leaking behind the double doors. THE END.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 56 | January 29, 2023 4:22 AM |
What a beautiful, heart-wrenching movie. I adored it, and it will stick with me.
by Anonymous | reply 57 | January 31, 2023 1:43 AM |
R57 I loved it too. And I just happened to stumble across it. I never heard of it and saw a photo of it and read what it was about, so I looked it up and rented it on iTunes. I loved it and it really struck a chord with me, and that’s when I made the thread to recommend it to you all. It was lovely.
by Anonymous | reply 58 | January 31, 2023 1:52 AM |
I liked it. It bothers me a little that I didn’t have the same reaction as most of the comments I’ve read. Not sure if I’m getting less sympathetic and more empathic as I get older. I was expecting full-on waterworks, but they never came.
There were several obvious signs that Menscal’s character committed suicide. Through the mundane--yet informative-- conversations with his daughter, we find out A LOT of shit, and if you’re not paying attention, you'll miss it ALL He’s had several failed relationships--personal and business--and is still “working on something with Keith” confirming he’s THAT guy and why he keeps getting dumped. He’s a loser. A good-looking, kind-hearted loser.
The comment about the singing lessons and the “Money that he doesn’t have” and his reaction was a gut punch cause his misfortunes were confirmed through his daughter. Her singing “Losing My Religion” confirms the timeline AND neatly fits into the narrative. His suddenly wearing all Black walking into the ocean, the soulful crying, and the telltale, “Under Pressure” which I always thought is about suicide. I mean…there were so MANY suicide movie tropes that you’re kinda dodging them. Plus her reaction to his death is more in line with that than to his simply dying of natural causes. I assumed that was her lover--not her mother--that she was living with because they were subtle clues about her sexuality.
Wow, before I type that I wasn’t feeling Menscal’s nomination BUT now I get it. He said so much without saying anything.
by Anonymous | reply 59 | February 3, 2023 11:37 AM |
FUCK, sorry about how long that is. I just watched it last night and it' s on my mind.
by Anonymous | reply 60 | February 3, 2023 11:37 AM |
FUCK p2. Mescal!! Goddam spellcheck
by Anonymous | reply 61 | February 3, 2023 11:49 AM |
R59 why would you have feelings about his Oscar without seeing the film? That seems immature.
Also, no one on here labeled it a tear-jerker.
by Anonymous | reply 62 | February 3, 2023 3:11 PM |
It was an absolutely note perfect film. Shockingly poignant, original and ultimately heartbreaking. Mescal should win *all* the awards.
by Anonymous | reply 63 | February 3, 2023 3:14 PM |
And he obviously committed suicide. Egads some of you are dense.
by Anonymous | reply 64 | February 3, 2023 3:16 PM |
[quote]why would you have feelings about his Oscar without seeing the film? That seems immature.
R59 wasn't saying he had thoughts about the Oscar nod without seeing the film. He was saying that he wasn't feeling it immediately after seeing the film, but upon further reflection and typing out his thoughts, he now is feeling it.
[quote]Also, no one on here labeled it a tear-jerker.
Well, I cried.
by Anonymous | reply 65 | February 3, 2023 3:19 PM |
R64 it isn’t obvious. You can keep saying it but that doesn’t make it a fact.
by Anonymous | reply 66 | February 3, 2023 3:24 PM |
It is implied several times that he took his own life, but it is never discussed or shown.
by Anonymous | reply 67 | February 3, 2023 3:58 PM |
R65 Thanks. Crazy how people see something that's just not there. BTW R62 I read a gazillion comments--not reviews-- on various websites including YouTube, IDMB, etc. before watching the film and the consensus is that it's the saddest movie of recent.
R66 You've REALLY got to be a booger-eating moron--OR a contrarian in your case--to not realize that he killed himself. Seriously. The entire movie is built around HER memories especially the rave at the end where she's CLEARLY trying to save him...FROM HIMSELF.
Not to mention two well-known songs about suicide. That's pretty heavy foreshadowing.
by Anonymous | reply 68 | February 3, 2023 5:14 PM |
R68 why did you just reply to yourself?
by Anonymous | reply 69 | February 3, 2023 5:15 PM |
I agree, R53. Total slogfest. And yes, he commits suicide. How could anyone come away from the movie not knowing that?
by Anonymous | reply 71 | February 5, 2023 11:02 AM |
One man's slogfest is another man's thoughtful rumination.
by Anonymous | reply 72 | February 5, 2023 1:55 PM |
Imagine continuously replying to yourself
by Anonymous | reply 73 | February 5, 2023 2:40 PM |
Thanks to R56 for labeling your post.
Unfortunately others did not and now I may as well not fucking watch it.
by Anonymous | reply 74 | February 5, 2023 2:44 PM |
But based on your posting history you have watched it
by Anonymous | reply 75 | February 5, 2023 3:31 PM |
I’m watching it now, but I’m distracted because Mescal looks too young to be the dad of a 11 year old. Maybe because I last saw him in Normal People were he was a college student.
by Anonymous | reply 76 | February 15, 2023 2:30 AM |
The film acknowledges that he looks too young to be her father by having some of the hotel guests mistake him for her brother. And unlike that mistake being made everyday in the world of Datalounge, it doesn't actually make him feel good to not be seen as her father. Paul is 27 and he's playing 31.
by Anonymous | reply 77 | February 15, 2023 2:37 AM |
I thought he looked a bit young in the film to be playing 31 as well.
by Anonymous | reply 78 | February 15, 2023 3:04 AM |
I never thought I'd see a post on DL complaining about an actor being too young.
by Anonymous | reply 80 | February 15, 2023 11:01 PM |
He was playing a 31 YO. But even if he was playing a 26 year old (his real life age when this was released) he could still be the father of an 11 YO. Teenage parents are real, and in a way it would make his disconnect with her even sadder.
by Anonymous | reply 81 | February 15, 2023 11:07 PM |
What language are they speaking?
by Anonymous | reply 82 | February 15, 2023 11:10 PM |
I think we get that, R81. Nonetheless, he did not look 31. I thought the film was just ok, typical artsy fair that thinks it could get away with lack of plot because, well, it’s artsy.
by Anonymous | reply 83 | February 16, 2023 10:45 PM |
The film wasn’t artsy at all…
by Anonymous | reply 84 | February 16, 2023 11:47 PM |
I mean...he looks every bit of 31 IMO. I had no idea that he's still in his twenties. His being a young father definitely adds to the character's disregard of consequences.
by Anonymous | reply 85 | February 17, 2023 11:30 AM |
I thought this movie promised more than it delivered. It was a good premise poorly executed.
by Anonymous | reply 86 | February 17, 2023 12:32 PM |
Sounds like a lovely and honest and thought-provoking work. As a daughter of an emotionally-distant father, though, I can’t bring myself to watch it. It will just trigger my depression, as the kids say.
by Anonymous | reply 87 | February 17, 2023 1:02 PM |
Yes, I did. But basically because the young dad looked hot in the trailer. He was OK, one of those people who look great and then 10 seconds later look like a troll depending on the angle.
Oh, and the movie was boring as shit. Millennial navel-gazing.
by Anonymous | reply 88 | February 17, 2023 1:04 PM |
If I was his son I’d be presenting hole and sucking daddy dick every day. Incest is a unique part of gay sexuality and I don’t like str8 an intruding into that space. Dad son sex is a sacred act of male communion.
by Anonymous | reply 89 | February 17, 2023 1:25 PM |
Nice but over hyped. I felt similarly about Boyhood. Critics are too adoring of somber and realistic coming of age tales.
by Anonymous | reply 90 | February 17, 2023 1:26 PM |
Dear God. He keeps commenting over and over as if his negative comments are going to keep GROWN ASS ADULTS from seeing it. This isn’t middle school, and it seems this film was not for someone like you, someone with no job who lives on DL trolling.
by Anonymous | reply 91 | February 17, 2023 2:59 PM |
R91 has trouble with dissenting opinions, it would seem. Are you talking to anyone in particular?
by Anonymous | reply 92 | February 17, 2023 11:29 PM |
R92 no, I encourage opinions. I don’t encourage a looney unemployed freak commenting over and over from different accounts that lead to the same location.
by Anonymous | reply 93 | February 17, 2023 11:59 PM |
[quote] has trouble with dissenting opinions, it would seem. Are you talking to anyone in particular?
I’m wondering if there is a publicist on this thread or they started it. People see movies and have varying opinions. They should go look at Rotten Tomatoes. Very weird comment at R91.
by Anonymous | reply 94 | February 18, 2023 12:51 AM |
R94 I think R91 believes that he's successfully discovered a perp through some trolldar method posters use to "catch" people.
by Anonymous | reply 95 | February 18, 2023 11:49 AM |
Charlotte Wells, the director of Aftersun, just won a directors guild award tonight for "Outstanding Directorial Achievement of a First-Time Feature Film Director."
Now on to BAFTA.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 96 | February 19, 2023 5:38 AM |
R96 she won the BAFTA tonight. Much deserved. And I loved her speech. She seems so cool and chill.
by Anonymous | reply 97 | February 19, 2023 11:09 PM |
It was a beautiful film.
It went in directions I wasn't expecting.
At first, it was sort of creeping me out. With the implication that they had to share a bed (later revealed to be false) and all the smearing of lotion, I was getting a creepy incest foreshadowing.
And then when she goes looking for her father and spies on two men making out in an alcove, I thought one of them was going to be revealed to be her father. It wasn't, but I still wondered if that was in there to tell us something about him.
The problem I had with the movie was with the crucial rave scenes. With the constant strobing, it was very difficult to make out what was going on. I didn't get that it was the adult daughter at first. Because he looked the same age, I assumed that this was a more recent memory. I thought maybe he was meeting his wife.
by Anonymous | reply 98 | March 2, 2023 2:06 PM |
[quote] Incest is a unique part of gay sexuality and I don’t like str8 an intruding into that space. Dad son sex is a sacred act of male communion.
Too much porn + too little mental health = comments like this, even in jest
by Anonymous | reply 99 | March 2, 2023 2:58 PM |
R98 he was the same age because the rave scenes represent her memories of him and he was the same age in those moments as he was when she was a kid because that was the last time she saw him, so that is what he looks like in all her thoughts of him. She remembers him in the final moment she ever saw him (as most of us would) and he lives in her memory as the same 31 year old man, 20 years later.
by Anonymous | reply 100 | March 2, 2023 2:59 PM |
If the movie is her memory of him, why do we see her waving at the airport? Wouldn’t the memory be from her perspective, ie, the image of him waving or at least the image of him reacting to her waving? Isn’t that how memory works?
This movie was merely “Meh” for me, dawg, and that lead guy ain’t all that
by Anonymous | reply 101 | March 2, 2023 4:36 PM |
R101 it’s a movie. Not a fucking documentary where a girl recorded her vacation with her father. We are gonna see both of them.
The rave scene didn’t actually happen.
by Anonymous | reply 102 | March 2, 2023 4:39 PM |
R101, the uneducated BROKE mofo with no job who lives on DL didn’t even watch the movie. As if a movie like this would hold the attention of someone so uneducated and bottom-tier.
by Anonymous | reply 103 | March 2, 2023 4:40 PM |
[quote]If the movie is her memory of him, why do we see her waving at the airport? Wouldn’t the memory be from her perspective, ie, the image of him waving or at least the image of him reacting to her waving? Isn’t that how memory works?
Isn't she watching the video that her father took at the airport on her TV? So it will be from HIS perspective.
I assume she recovered the camera after he died.
by Anonymous | reply 104 | March 2, 2023 4:43 PM |
We don’t even know that he died lmao. The movie leaves it very open.
by Anonymous | reply 105 | March 2, 2023 4:44 PM |
R105 Some of us don't need to see someone swinging from a rope to know that they died.
We don't need everything beat over our heads to get it.
by Anonymous | reply 106 | March 2, 2023 4:46 PM |
[quote]The movie leaves it very open.
Media literacy is in the toilet. He died.
by Anonymous | reply 107 | March 2, 2023 4:56 PM |
[quote] We don’t even know that he died lmao. The movie leaves it very open.
The movie does leave it open a bit, but when you put the pieces together the viewer is left with the impression that the worst happened to him.
I've seen several interviews with the director, and someone in the audience finally asked her about her father. She didn't want to talk about it in any detail, but she did say her father died, and that he died soon after their vacation together. That's all she would say.
by Anonymous | reply 108 | March 2, 2023 4:57 PM |
Her father looks gay in that pic.
by Anonymous | reply 109 | March 2, 2023 5:37 PM |
I said it up thread but there is a TON of foreshadowing. There are two pretty big songs associated with suicide in the film.
ALSO? The entire movie is based on her memories as she's sadly watching videos. Would she be doing that if he were still alive?
I mean...it's NOT neuroscience.
by Anonymous | reply 110 | March 4, 2023 11:31 AM |
The most unforgettable parts of this film was the subtle ways the film implied the father was in the midst of a depression. I honestly thought when we walked towards the ocean at night, he wasn’t coming back. It’s pretty obvious to me he committed suicide.
by Anonymous | reply 111 | March 4, 2023 12:33 PM |
R110 have you thought that he possibly… abandoned her???? Death isn’t the only way to lose contact with someone. You can’t possibly be that dense…
Abandonment was foreshadowed in a much larger scale than death.
by Anonymous | reply 112 | March 6, 2023 3:09 AM |
R111 we know. You’ve said the same thing over and over again on more than one account. I would slow that down before Muriel catches wind and red tags them all.
by Anonymous | reply 113 | March 6, 2023 3:10 AM |
R113 Are you the same poster who thinks that people are logging into different accounts to post in this thread? You need to chill. Fuck is wrong with you?
R112 Nah. Abandonment never crossed my mind because there’s really no sign of that being the reason she’s grieving as an adult. Dude, if we watched the same film, you saw that she was a precocious child and knew that her father was a loser. She knew what was up. She didn’t OUTWARDLY appear to suffer from him not being present in her life. Not saying that wasn’t a factor in her grief, as I imagine it would be, BUT they practically dropped an anvil on your head that it was suicide.
You’re being argumentative--which is fine--if you actually had something to contribute.
by Anonymous | reply 115 | March 6, 2023 1:48 PM |
R115 what don’t you get at this point??? We know anytime you post. Get it.
by Anonymous | reply 116 | March 6, 2023 2:12 PM |
The way this brilliant film re-contextualized the song “Under Pressure” is incredible. Now anytime I hear that song I think of Callum.
PS, the “club” scenes represent adult Sophie finally seeing and understanding her fathers dark parts and depression now that she is an adult. She didn’t understand it at the time but now, as she replays that final vacation with him in her head, she sees it.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 117 | March 22, 2023 1:03 AM |
Who does the lesbian actress play?
by Anonymous | reply 118 | March 22, 2023 1:21 AM |
This young man who is studying film at UCF loved it. Like myself upthread in the OP, he said Mescal should be nominated for an Oscar but most likely won’t. Happy we were both proven wrong.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 119 | March 22, 2023 1:31 AM |
This young woman says this film has the most accurate portrayal of depressions she’s seen in a film.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 120 | March 22, 2023 1:40 AM |
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