The Souvenir - Anmeldelser

Joanna Hogg’s Magnificent Self-Portrait of Love, Loss, and Creative Awakening

...an artefact in the highest auteur register. Its absence of tonal readability is a challenge. But there is also a cerebrally fierce, slow-burn passion in its austere, unemphasised plainness.

Swinton Byrne is extraordinary in her first feature role...

...this shimmering drama is singular and unforgettable for viewers who are patient enough to wait for its rewards.

...[Tom Burke] gives a career-best performance that is brilliantly enigmatic, a mesmerising blend of predation and vulnerability.

A semi-autobiographical portrait of an artist that is at once severe and compassionate, painterly and spontaneous, formally rigorous and fluent...

...arch dramatist Joanna Hogg returns home for her most personal film yet.

Joanna Hogg explores her own memories to create a fragile, fascinating portrait of romance in both bloom and decay.

...doesn't get under your skin. It clasps your hand tightly, and when it finally lets go, you will feel its absence.

...a stunning piece of work.

...the story casts a spell, and Swinton Byrne is a milky, beguiling presence; it’s almost as if you’re watching her become a person in real time.

...recreates the sensation of riding an emotional roller coaster with an unstable partner: the dizzying highs, the free-falling lows and the unpredictable sharp turns that can be either terrifying or thrilling.

Joanna Hogg’s gorgeous The Souvenir looks at a bad romance through the fog of memory

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