Aftersun

god fucking dammit it was definitely more painful watching this a second time, noticing all the different details and parallels sprinkled throughout this story that beautifully come together in the end. my mom loves going on vacation, so my family's always traveling from place to place especially during the summer. during those times, there's something about getting lost in a new location that makes you think even more about yourself and the people you're spending time with and how you're gonna feel when the vacation ends, and i think aftersun captures that weird feeling perfectly. not a whole lot really goes on in this movie but it's more about the small gestures between Sophie and her dad — the moments of silence, the long stares, the differences between what they do together and what they do by themselves — that helps show a glimpse at a bigger picture and express the ways we hide our feelings from each other. aftersun is not an easy movie to watch, but it's deeply personal and it kinda proves film's ability to express things that're hard to properly convey through words. the ending is probably one of the most hauntingly beautiful sequences i've ever seen in my life, and overall this movie will stay with me for a very long time.