Hot Milk (2025)
Country: AUS/GR/GB
Technical: col 93m
Director: Rebecca Lenkiewicz
Cast: Emma Mackey, Fiona Shaw, Vincent Perez, Vicky Krieps
Synopsis:
A twenty-something student of anthropology takes her mother to live in Spain, where she can consult a physician on her chronic paraplegia, which could be psychosomatic. Meanwhile, she forms a tentative relationship with a bohemian German girl whose behaviour is also influenced by the fallout of childhood trauma.
Review:
Partially audible, disjointed family drama, in which the unfortunate protagonist seems to have to shoulder the 'shit' of most of the adults around her, and does a pretty damn good job. It belongs to an increasing number of 'growing up' films taking place in the 'playground' of the Mediterranean, many of whose protagonists are young females: A Bigger Splash, The Lost Daughter, Murina, etc. Notwithstanding the criticisms above, the director fashions a coherent whole, the clue to whose central thesis, that events have consequences that echo down our lives, is hinted at in one exchange of dialogue. A film which demands, but does not always command, your attention.
Country: AUS/GR/GB
Technical: col 93m
Director: Rebecca Lenkiewicz
Cast: Emma Mackey, Fiona Shaw, Vincent Perez, Vicky Krieps
Synopsis:
A twenty-something student of anthropology takes her mother to live in Spain, where she can consult a physician on her chronic paraplegia, which could be psychosomatic. Meanwhile, she forms a tentative relationship with a bohemian German girl whose behaviour is also influenced by the fallout of childhood trauma.
Review:
Partially audible, disjointed family drama, in which the unfortunate protagonist seems to have to shoulder the 'shit' of most of the adults around her, and does a pretty damn good job. It belongs to an increasing number of 'growing up' films taking place in the 'playground' of the Mediterranean, many of whose protagonists are young females: A Bigger Splash, The Lost Daughter, Murina, etc. Notwithstanding the criticisms above, the director fashions a coherent whole, the clue to whose central thesis, that events have consequences that echo down our lives, is hinted at in one exchange of dialogue. A film which demands, but does not always command, your attention.
Country: AUS/GR/GB
Technical: col 93m
Director: Rebecca Lenkiewicz
Cast: Emma Mackey, Fiona Shaw, Vincent Perez, Vicky Krieps
Synopsis:
A twenty-something student of anthropology takes her mother to live in Spain, where she can consult a physician on her chronic paraplegia, which could be psychosomatic. Meanwhile, she forms a tentative relationship with a bohemian German girl whose behaviour is also influenced by the fallout of childhood trauma.
Review:
Partially audible, disjointed family drama, in which the unfortunate protagonist seems to have to shoulder the 'shit' of most of the adults around her, and does a pretty damn good job. It belongs to an increasing number of 'growing up' films taking place in the 'playground' of the Mediterranean, many of whose protagonists are young females: A Bigger Splash, The Lost Daughter, Murina, etc. Notwithstanding the criticisms above, the director fashions a coherent whole, the clue to whose central thesis, that events have consequences that echo down our lives, is hinted at in one exchange of dialogue. A film which demands, but does not always command, your attention.