Film
The Souvenir + The Souvenir Part II
- 7PM
Unfolding across two films, writer-director Joanna Hogg’s lush, dreamlike story of young adulthood, first love, and artistic discovery is at once enrapturing and mysteriously unsettling.
Swinton Byrne gives a profoundly layered breakout performance as Julie, a shy but ambitious film student. She begins to find her artistic voice in The Souvenir while navigating a turbulent courtship with the charismatic but untrustworthy Anthony (Burke). Her story continues in Hogg’s surprising self-reflexive sequel, which waves together piercing introspection, wry humor, and playful metatheater as Julie wrestles with Anthony’s absence and the questions he left behind. Shown together in a rare double-feature, these films are an essential contribution from one of the most distinctive and exciting filmmakers working today.
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