Aftersun

Wells’ debut is a very poignant piece that resonated with me deeper than any other film has done, partly because of some personal parallels this auto-fiction has conveyed. The film painstakingly studies this arcane melancholy and darkness surrounding Calum (Paul Mescal) from the perspectives of young (Frankie Corio) and adult Sophie (Celia Rowlson-Hall) that at the end, I’m left utterly shattered, compelled to reflect on my own past just as Charlotte did through Sophie.