Aftersun Director Charlotte Wells on Collaborating with Paul Mescal & Frankie Corio

Director Charlotte Wells discusses the making of Aftersun, the writing and casting process for such a personal film, and building a relationship with actors Paul Mescal and Frankie Corio. Moderated by FLC Programmer Tyler Wilson. Aftersun is now playing at Film at Lincoln Center. Get tickets: In one of the most assured and spellbinding feature debuts in years, Scottish director Charlotte Wells has fashioned a textured memory piece inspired by her relationship with her dad, taking place over the course of a brooding weekend at a coastal resort in Turkey. The charismatic Paul Mescal and naturalistic newcomer Francesca Corio fully inhabit Calum and Sophie, a divorced father and his daughter often mistaken for brother and sister, who share a close and loving bond that creates an entire world unto itself. Wells employs an unusual and gorgeous aesthetic that brings us into the interior space of this parent and child, even as she judiciously withholds details, an