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The Souvenir

Name: The Souvenir
Released: 2019-05-17T00:00:00.000000Z
Rating: 6.0

The past never stays in focus.

2019 • 120 min • ★ 6.0 (290) • Released

Drama Romance

A shy but ambitious film student falls into an intense, emotionally fraught relationship with a charismatic but untrustworthy older man.

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Original title: The Souvenir
Language: EN
Country: GB
Budget: —
Revenue: $2,087,678

Reviews & Ratings 3

CinemaSerf

Mar 27, 2022 · via TMDB

★ 5.0

I am not quite sure what Joanna Hogg was trying to achieve here. The depressing inevitability of the film's conclusion left by little jeopardy with the plot. The performances were fine, but nothing more - and the manipulative toxicity of Anthony's (Tom Burke) behaviour towards Julie (Honor Swinton Byrne) isn't developed anywhere near enough. The film does look good, though!

SWITCH.

Aug 10, 2019 · via TMDB

★ 7.0

Even in the writing of this review, I continue to toss ‘The Souvenir’ around in my mind. I left the cinema disappointed and frustrated by it, wishing it had let me in more instead of simply presenting itself to me, but a friend had told me that it is a film that grows on you. I think they may have been right. The more I interrogate Joanna Hogg’s film, just as Joanna Hogg interrogates her own life, the more fascinating questions and provocations I find. Right now, I like the film more than love it, but I said the same a year ago about Chang-dong Lee’s <a href=“/article/review-burning-one-of-the-best-films-of-the-decade“>‘Burning’</a>, and on my second viewing realised that was actually a masterpiece. I’m not sure the same will happen with ‘The Souvenir’, but I wouldn’t be surprised if, when you ask me my thoughts on it in a year, my answer may be different from what it is now. Perhaps the most intriguing aspect of ‘The Souvenir' is that Hogg always intended for it to be a two-part film, with Part II currently filming. Maybe it’s just that we haven’t seen where else she intends to go, what is next in Julie’s development as an artist, how tragedy will shape her as an artist and as a human being. In that sense, despite its flaws, ‘The Souvenir’ may be one of the most interesting provocations in independent cinema in the last few years. The more I think about it, the more I’m keen to try it again, and the more I’m keen to see where Julie’s story goes next. - Daniel Lammin Read Daniel's full article... https://www.maketheswitch.com.au/article/review-the-souvenir-a-flawed-but-fascinating-act-of-autobiography

ddotleugim

May 25, 2019 · via TMDB

★ 10.0

masterpiece

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Keywords 8

1980s drug addiction film school filmmaking mother daughter relationship semi autobiographical toxic relationship woman director

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Cast 18

Honor Swinton Byrne

Julie

Tom Burke

Anthony

Tilda Swinton

Rosalind

Richard Ayoade

Patrick

Ariane Labed

Garance

Jaygann Ayeh

Marland

Jack McMullen

Jack

Chyna Terrelonge Vaughan

Tamara

Tosin Cole

Phil

Frankie Wilson

Frankie

James Spencer Ashworth

William

Alice McMillan

Elisa

Lydia Fox

Lydia

Crispin Buxton

Head of Production

Grace Snell

Dress Maker

Leighton Spence

Student Cameraman

Estelle Long

NA Member

Fabrizio Matteini

Concierge (uncredited)

Crew 10

David Raedeker

Director of Photography

Leighton Spence

Focus Puller

Grace Snell

Costume Design

Joanna Hogg

Director

Crispin Buxton

Associate Producer

Emma Tillinger Koskoff

Executive Producer

Martin Scorsese

Executive Producer

Crispin Buxton

Location Manager

Joanna Hogg

Producer

Joanna Hogg

Writer

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US Release Dates 3

Jan 27, 2019

Sundance Film Festival

Premiere

May 17, 2019

R Theatrical (Limited)

Jan 18, 2022

A24 Screening Room (Double Feature w/ Part II)

R Digital