Aftersun

THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS I LOVE ABOUT THIS so i am just gonna put all my thoughts here :] i love how this film captures that vibe of a happy and innocent childhood. as a child, there are still a lot of things you may not be aware of, we see the world through a limited lens. now looking back at your childhood and realizing things weren't as simple as they were however, as we grow older, we become more exposed to reality of how complex life actually is. we began to notice things like mental illness, financial struggles and all of the other things that can quietly eat away at person. that's what made aftersun hit so hard for me. throughout the whole film, we were watching the whole vacation unfold in sophie's eyes. it's filled with those usual genuine and fun memories you have during a vacation. but as adult sophie looks back on those memories, she starts realizing a lot of things she wasn't able to notice as a child, the moments where he seemed distant, and the signs that something was weighing him down by the end, i realized this wasn't just a movie about a father and daughter on vacation but its about grief and the painful realization that sometimes we only begin to understand people we love after they're gone