
Good One(2024)
On a weekend backpacking trip in the Catskills, 17-year-old Sam contends with the competing egos of her father and his oldest friend.


“Memory burns.”
Sophie reflects on the shared joy and private melancholy of a holiday she took with her father twenty years earlier. Memories fill the gaps between camcorder footages as she tries to reconcile the father she knew with the troubled man she didn't.

Paul Mescal
Calum

Frankie Corio
Sophie
Brooklyn Toulson
Michael

Celia Rowlson-Hall
Adult Sophie

Sally Messham
Belinda
Ayşe Parlak
Teen Girl 1
Sophia Lamanova
Teen Girl 2

Spike Fearn
Olly

Harry Perdios
Toby
Frank Corio
Ocean Park Father
Aftersun is a drama film released in 2022 exploring themes of hotel, depression, karaoke, tourist, melancholy, vacation. Directed by Charlotte Wells, it stars Paul Mescal, Frankie Corio, Brooklyn Toulson. Sophie reflects on the shared joy and private melancholy of a holiday she took with her father twenty years earlier. Memories fill the gaps between camcorder footages as she tries to reconcile the father she knew with the troubled man she didn't.
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