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

Categories

Production Status

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

Sales Company

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