The Souvenir

...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.