The Souvenir Part II (2021)
Director: Joanna Hogg Run Time: 106 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2021
Starring: Charlie Heaton, Harris Dickinson, Honor Swinton Byrne, Joe Alwyn, Tilda Swinton
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
“one of the most timeless and thrillingly alive coming-of-age stories the movies have given us”
—David Ehrlich for IndieWire
About the film:
Premiered at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival. In the aftermath of her tumultuous relationship with a charismatic and manipulative older man, Julie begins to untangle her fraught love for him in making her graduation film, sorting fact from his elaborately constructed fiction.
About the filmmaker:
Joanna Hogg is a true creative force in independent cinema and one of the United Kingdom’s leading auteurs. She made her directorial and screenwriting feature film debut with Unrelated, winner of the FIPRESCI International Critics Prize at the 2007 London Film Festival. After she helmed the critically acclaimed films Archipelago and Exhibition, she crafted the intensely personal Sundance Grand Jury prize winner The Souvenir retelling the story of her relationship with an abusive older man while attending film school. The Souvenir: Part II continues the story. More from the filmmaker here.
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