AFTERSUN
The structure of this film is simple enough - it's about 11-year old Sophie's holiday in a Turkish resort with her father Calum, who has separated from her mother. We experience the holiday interspersed with bits of footage taken by Sophie on a miniDV camera, and also with some odd dreamlike sequences where adult Sophie is in a crowded rave, trying to get close to Calum (who hasn't aged). At first I thought this film was going to be about child abuse, but quickly it became apparent that this wasn't where the film was heading. Instead it gradually emerges that Calum is not just unhappy, but depressed. There are poignant moments scattered throughout where Sophie senses her father's deep unhappiness and attempts to comfort him in some way. Although nothing terribly dramatic happens in the film, I found it riveting thanks to the excellent performances by Paul Mescal and Frankie Corio, who have a lovely chemistry, and to the way the writer and director Charlotte Well...