The Eternal Daughter

"An exquisite ghost story."

2022 1h 36m EN

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5.9

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★5.9TMDB · 142

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An artist and her elderly mother confront long-buried secrets when they return to a former family home, now a hotel haunted by its mysterious past.

“An exquisite ghost story.”

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Cast

Tilda Swinton
Julie / Rosalind
Joseph Mydell
Bill
Carly-Sophia Davies
Receptionist
Louis
Louis
Crispin Buxton
Cousin
August Joshi
Taxi Driver
Alfie Sankey-Green
Boyfriend (uncredited)
Zinnia Davies-Cooke
(uncredited)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Joanna Hogg
Writers: Joanna Hogg
Languages: English
Countries: Ireland, United Kingdom

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ERA

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Released 4 years ago.

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WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: Ireland, United Kingdom.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "The Souvenir Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Joanna Hogg, shot by Ed Rutherford. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Helle le Fevre shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Tilda Swinton and Joseph Mydell and Carly-Sophia Davies carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "An exquisite ghost story.".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt13874422 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Joanna Hogg directs. Ed Rutherford behind the camera. Helle le Fevre cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Ireland, United Kingdom. Dialogue in English.

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Things worth knowing

1Released 4 years ago.
2International production across 2 countries: Ireland, United Kingdom.
3Part of the "The Souvenir Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Joanna Hogg, shot by Ed Rutherford. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Editor Helle le Fevre shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Tilda Swinton and Joseph Mydell and Carly-Sophia Davies carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "An exquisite ghost story.".
8IMDB entry: tt13874422 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 17 themes, including "hotel", "artist", "supernatural", "trauma".

The technical file

Cinematography: Ed Rutherford
Editing: Helle le Fevre
Production design: Stéphane Collonge
Costume design: Grace Snell
Makeup / hair: Siobhan Harper Ryan
VFX supervisor: Mark Epstein
Sound: Jovan Ajder
Runtime: 96 min · 1h 36m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Box office: $568,330
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: The Eternal Daughter (2022)

Part of

The Souvenir Collection

The Souvenir is a 2019 drama film written and directed by Joanna Hogg. A semi-autobiographical account of Hogg's experiences at film school, it stars Honor Swinton Byrne, Tom Burke, and Tilda Swinton. A sequel, The Souvenir Part II, was released in 2021 as well as a loose close to the trilogy, The Eternal Daughter, in 2022.

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CinemaSerf2023-11-30
★ 6/10
Honestly. If anyone says "Oh Darling!" one more time! Tilda Swinton is "Julie", a film-maker with a bit of writer's block who takes her elderly mother (I think she is called "Rosamund" but anyway, think Tilda Swinton but this time in a bit of latex and some of Margaret Thatcher's attire) to a remote country hotel. It turns out that this used to be a family home for her mother and she spent much of her younger life there with her aunt. From room to room they reminisce about what it used to be, what went on here - all whilst the wind outside blows as if we were watching "Black Narcissus" (1947). What happens now? Well, very little... There is lots of desperately polite and earnest dialogue - beetroot or feta? - as the two women edge ever closer to a birthday that is clearly tinged with increasingly sad, but unspecified, memories. The denouement - well it's a surprise to nobody, not even the frequently scene-stealing "Louis" (Swinton's own dog). Carly-Sophia Davies is quite effective as the downright disinterested hotel receptionist but that's about all we have to inject any life into this rather charmless and disappointing "ghost" story that really does underwhelm. Joanna Hogg definitely has a safe zone for her films. Well-heeled English folks in the media industry with even more well-heeled parents who all live in a world with little to do with any reality most of us will ever be able to relate to. A repetitive flute refrain does all that it can to introduce some mystery, but by half way through I was just "You are very welcome"'d out. It will look just as good on the television as it does on cinema screen so I'd save your cash, if I were you.

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