Aftersun

This movie was heartbreaking and beautiful. It felt so real, and raw. I was intrigued the whole way through, with everything piecing together at the end.  There is many different ways to interpret this movie, especially Callum’s fate. Me personally I believe that he killed himself, due to the many signs of grief and scenes of Callum thinking about death, like the scene where he is standing on the balcony, it is implied that all the scenes without Sophie are her imagination filling in the gaps, and why would she think of him doing that if he  didn’t eventually kill himself…  The dance scene fit like a BRICK.  The juxtaposition from the happy bright dance floor and the dark rave, personifies the difference between Sophie’s understanding of her farther then and now.  Honestly after first finishing the film, I had a brief understanding on the key ideas of the film but it took me some time watching videos to truly understand the ending and significance of the rave. So the score is not as high as i want it to be. hopefully on rewatch with my new understanding it will get better. But still amazing, down to earth story of depression and the hiding of it, parenthood and in my eyes Sophie is a great example of survivors guilt.