Aftersun: Screenplay

by Charlotte Wells

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 mini-DV footage as she tries to reconcile the father she knew with the man she didn't.

101 pages, Unknown Binding

Published January 1, 2022

Reviews

[daisy · Rating 4 out of 5]

“i think it’s nice that we share the same sky.”

somehow reading this was an even more gut wrenching experience than watching the film?? so yeah i’m having a great day thanks for asking 😊😊😊

[Maria Vergara · Rating 4 out of 5]

abrí el libro, me ahogué en lágrimas y lo cerré.

quiero abrazar a mi papá y decirle que lo amo.

[Jus · Rating 5 out of 5]

— It’s in the past for me. That’s all.
(beat) And there’s this feeling once you leave where you’re from, where you grew up, like you don’t totally belong there again. Not really.
(beat) But Edinburgh was never...I never felt like I really did belong there.

I think I like this little life.

[ki]

Reading the Aftersun screenplay just to feel something (pain)