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Oct 29, 2022 · Wells, whose father died when she was 16, has called the film “emotionally autobiographical.” But when I brought up her wording, she cringed. “That phrase truly haunts me,” she said.
Nov 17, 2022 · Wells brilliantly explored the father-daughter relationship through a trip to Turkey. Sophie went to Turkey with her father when she was 11, and she had innumerable fond memories with him while staying at a cheap all-inclusive hotel.
Jan 13, 2023 · Wells, who has received a DGA nomination for first-time feature directing, crafted an intimate yet ambitious memory film about a young father and his daughter making the most of their shared time...
Nov 18, 2022 · “Sophie is trying to piece [her father] back together in some ways,” says Wells, who devises clever shots with cinematographer Gregory Oke to part-mask Calum’s appearance through the film, rendering him a semi-ghostly presence.
Wells was born in Edinburgh. She attended secondary school at the independent George Heriot's School. Wells did not live with her father, who passed away when she was sixteen years old. However, she remembers him as a very involved parent, despite the living situation.
Oct 29, 2022 · NPR's Scott Simon speaks with director Charlotte Wells about her new movie, "Aftersun," a story that follows a father and daughter as they remember the last summer vacation they spent...
Oct 20, 2022 · A daughter’s memory of a vacation in Turkey is at the heart of Charlotte Wells’s astonishing and devastating debut feature.
Dec 22, 2022 · In an interview with Brief Take, director and writer Charlotte Wells states that the overall arc of the movie is adult Sophie looking back and reflecting on this trip and her father. At the very...
Oct 21, 2022 · The layered drama finds 12-year-old Sophie (Frankie Corio) on vacation at a Turkish resort with her father Calum (Paul Mescal) in the 1990s, while the adult Sophie recalls their time together.
Oct 21, 2022 · Aftersun is about a young 30-year-old father and his 11-year-old daughter on holiday at a resort in Turkey in the late 1990s. It is told—subtly—through the point of view of the daughter, Sophie, as an adult 20 or so years later.
