Summary
This review was originally part of our coverage for the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival.
Sophie, in her smart and silly way,has begun to sharply observe the world around her.
There is so much to get immersed in as the details of every moment are overwhelming and minimalistic.
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It shows that a simple story can sing precisely because of how it finds beauty in the everyday.
It is an innocent line, almost a throwaway, but it brings with it a devastating impact.
They are both clinging to moments in their lives that can only last so long.
Sophie reflects on the shared joy and private melancholy of a holiday she took with her father twenty years earlier. Memories real and imagined fill the gaps between as she tries to reconcile the father she knew with the man she didn’t…
This all is increasingly affecting the more it is used and in how it becomes incorporated by the end.
The way music is overlaid in one particular concluding sequence cuts through all the liminality of time and space.
The editing is also magnificent, maintaining movement in a way that is as mesmerizing as it is melancholic.
Aftersunis available to stream on Netflix in the U.S. starting June 21.
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