Aftersun vs Forgiveness Girl

Forgiveness Girl has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.7/10 for Aftersun). Aftersun is the shorter watch at 1h 41m compared with 1h 51m. Aftersun is the older of the two (2022 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Aftersun posterAftersun2022 VS Forgiveness Girl posterForgiveness Girl2025
AftersunForgiveness Girl
Audience score★ 7.7/10★ 10.0/10
Year20222025
Length1h 41m1h 51m
GenresDramaDrama, Family
Country–US
DirectorCharlotte WellsRob Diamond
Main castSpike Fearn, Frankie Corio, Paul Mescal, Brooklyn Toulson, Celia Rowlson-HallWalter Platz, Scarlett Diamond, Mia Hansen, Melinda Yeaman

Synopsis

Aftersun

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 miniDV footage as she tries to reconcile the father she knew with the man she didn't.

Forgiveness Girl

A little girl with cerebral palsy is relentlessly bullied throughout her life, yet finds it in her heart to forgive by seeking strength from a higher source above.

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