THE ETERNAL DAUGHTER
2022, 96′
Director: Joanna Hogg
Country: UK, USA
Distribution: A24
Language: original English version with Italian subtitles
A middle-aged director and her mother return to the old family home, where the daughter intends to write a filmscript about the older woman. The mansion where the mother had grown up has in the meantime been turned into a nearly empty hotel shrouded in mystery. Here the two women are forced to confront the past and a number of untold secrets. The Eternal Daughter, Johanna Hogg’s most recent film, returns to the formal elegance of the director’s previous works Exhibition and The Souvenir, and reflects upon the mother/daughter relationship, as well as on the encounter of two generations in an evocative and suspended atmosphere. With her interpretation of both lead roles, Tilda Swinton gives one of the greatest and most hypnotic performances of her entire career. In 2022, the film premiered at the Venice Film Festival and was featured in the official selection of the Toronto Film Festival.
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