PREVIEW: Aftersun (12A)

WHO’S IN IT?

Paul Mescal (The Lost Daughter), Frankie Corio (film debut), Celia Rowlson-Hall (Valencia), Brooklyn Toulson (film debut), Sally Messham (Our Ladies), Harry Perdios (film debut)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Charlotte Wells (film debut), director, writer; Mark Ceryak (Never Rarely Sometimes Always), Amy Jackson (The Outfit), Barry Jenkins (If Beale Street Could Talk) and Adele Romanski (Moonlight), producers; Oliver Coates (The Stranger), composer; Gregory Oke (Raf), cinematographer; Blair McClendon (The Assistant), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

As an adult, Sophie (Rowlson-Hall) reflects on a summer holiday in Turkey that 11-year-old her (Coiro) went on with her loving and idealistic father Calum (Mescal), and comes to terms with the man she never fully knew…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

There won’t be a dry eye in the auditorium as audiences experience this tender father-daughter drama, which has been winning praise left and right for its raw emotion and underlying devastation.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 18TH NOVEMBER 2022

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE, AND COMING SOON TO MUBI

 

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