The Souvenir
2019 · Movie · R · 120 min · ★ 6.1 · 91% critics
A young film student in 1980s London navigates adulthood while drawing from her own experiences to make films. Her life becomes emotionally tangled when she starts a relationship with an older man whose charm quickly turns troubling, leaving her to question what she wants from love and art.
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Details
- Years
- 2019
- Release date
- 2019-05-17
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 120 min
- Critic score
- 91/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.1/10 (282 votes)
About
You might like The Souvenir if you enjoy challenging, impressionistic relationship stories and art-focused coming-of-age drama; Not for you if you want clear plot momentum and strong tension, or if you’re expecting something closer to The Green Knight or The Lighthouse.
Pros: tense relationship portrait; strong lead performances; art-house atmosphere | Cons: unclear direction; little tension; slow, meandering pacing
Themes
- drug addiction
- filmmaking
- semi autobiographical
- woman director
- 1980s
- film school
- mother daughter relationship
- toxic relationship
Awards & recognition
- Sundance Film Festival World Cinema Dramatic Grand Jury Prize · 2019
Cast & crew
Honor Swinton Byrne
as Julie
Tom Burke
as Anthony
Tilda Swinton
as Rosalind
Richard Ayoade
as Patrick
Ariane Labed
as Garance
Jaygann Ayeh
as Marland
Jack McMullen
as Jack
Chyna Terrelonge Vaughan
as Tamara
Tosin Cole
as Phil
- HW
Hannah Ashby Ward
as Tracey
Directed by Joanna Hogg