Aftersun

Tranquil, therapeutic, and honest experience. Never seen a film depict the bondage yet distance between a parent and child with such sincerity like this before. Intertwined in a moment that they could never share.  I both dread and look forward to the day I’m as old as my parents. The kind of person I am now and I’ll be by then, and the kind of father I want to become one day. There’s an innocence you have as a child that you don’t even realize when you are one. I understand what they’ve done for me especially now, their struggles and their lives before me, but as a kid there’s a side of them you never really see or even understand. You can piece certain things together at a young age, with that inherent youthful wisdom yet semblance but still that barrier. Looking back things start making sense and more will the older I get, nobody is perfect. Calum is burdened by life, thankful to have a daughter but clearly wasn’t at the best spot to have one. Struggling with his own inner demons as we all do. I can only hope to be as good of a father as I possibly can be. It’s obvious this is very personal to Charlotte Wells, something this real and meditative could only come from within.  During the film I saw my own reflection off the screen I watched this on, the way Sophie did. Felt a bit surreal, like I actually was there with them. Makes me think about how one day my present and past experiences I’ll forget about. How some will become memories but they’ll only ever be that. To look back, to relive. I’m glad a movie like this exists and it’s one I will cherish for years to come.  “Wish we could have stayed for longer”