The film follows a couple as they head to the coast one last time, but the blustery autumn wind is no substitute for the cozy rays of the summer sun
By Vedant Srinivas, Matilda Hague
'September Afternoon' Courtesy of Locarno Film Festival On a windy afternoon, a family packs a beach bag, perhaps for the last time, and languidly walks towards the coast. A sense of gloom hangs in the air. While the child and her mother play in the sand, the father tackles the seemingly impossible task of setting up a tent to provide shelter. As he begins to fill the bags with sand to weigh down the tent, the wind keeps trumping his efforts, shoveling more sand inside the tent. There’s a sisyphean sensation, emphasized by the instrumental version of a song looped in the background for most of the film.
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