Project Detail

Aftersun

Synopsis

Sophie reflects on the shared joy and private melancholy of a holiday she took with her father twenty years earlier. Memories real and imagined fill the gaps between as she tries to reconcile the father she knew with the man she didn't.
Official Selection Cannes Film Festival 2022 - Critic's Week Competition - World premiere

Details

Year: 2022
Type of project: Features
Running time: 98 min
Director: Charlotte Wells 1st Feature
Producer: Mark Ceryak, Amy Jackson, Barry Jenkins, Adele Romanski
Editor: Blair McClendon
Screenwriter: Charlotte Wells
Director of Photography: Gregory Oke
Production Designer: Billur Turan
Sound: Jovan Ajder
Composer: Oliver Coates
Principal cast: Paul Mescal, Francesca Corio, Celia Rowson-Hall

Genre

Woman Director Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

UK, US co-production

AZ Celtic Films (TR), BBC Film (UK), PASTEL (US), Screen Scotland (UK), Tango Entertainment (US), Unified Theory (UK)

Unified Theory Productions

c/o Screen Scotland

screen@creativescotland.com

Sales Company

Charades

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