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Paul Mescal-starring film among Cannes winners

Frankie Corio as Sophie and Paul Mescal as Calum in Aftersun
Frankie Corio as Sophie and Paul Mescal as Calum in Aftersun

The Paul Mescal-starring Aftersun has been honoured in the Critics' Week sidebar at the Cannes Film Festival.

Aftersun, the feature debut of Scottish writer-director Charlotte Wells, received the French Touch prize from the Critics' Week jury.

Critics' Week celebrates first and second films at the world-famous festival.

Aftersun has been among the most acclaimed films at Cannes.

It stars Kildare actor Mescal as Calum alongside Frankie Corio as Calum's daughter Sophie and Celia Rowlson-Hall as the adult Sophie.

The synopsis reads: "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."

A release date for Aftersun has yet to be announced.

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