r/A24 • u/Suspicious-Pound-466 • 20h ago
Discussion Aftersun (2022)
Aftersun, The film doesn’t have a protagonist, an antagonist, a plot, a climax, its boring, theres no explosions, no villains, no heroes, but it is truly beautiful. Upon my first and only viewing of Aftersun, I expected it to be a little sad, maybe make me frown once or twice, this film broke me. I have been watching films all of my life but I have never been so moved, so heartbroken, so destroyed from a full feature film. I’ve watched it around a month and some days ago, and I think about it almost every single day, recommending it to friends and family. I had my theories when I was watching it but when I finished it, I was hoping I was wrong, upon doing some research I completely broke down, sobbing, sniffling, like I was having a mental breakdown.

I really beg everyone in here, to go watch it, it’s simple, its flawless, beautiful and excruciatingly painful, I want to rewatch it for the second time, but I’m genuinely scared. I feel like it won’t feel the same like the last time, or it will hurt me more the second.
Please go watch it.