AFTERSUN Paul Mescal Frankie Corio dir. Charlotte Wells | SCENES x2
"Each of these carpets tell a different story--like, the symbolism, the motifs."
Souvenirs, like old photos and video recordings, are ways to remember a past vacation. The acts of recollecting and reexamining the past merge at an inflection point as adult Sophie's waking feet touch the Turkish carpet her father bought 20 years ago on their vacation: a hatch to the past, to her father, and the looming anguish that underwrites the tone of this film.
2022. Dir./wri. Charlotte Wells. Also starring Celia Rowlson-Hall as adult Sophie. Edi. Blair McClendon. Costumes by Frank Gallacher.
0:00 AFTERSUN
0:05 Rug Ruminations
1:28 The Dreaming