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The Souvenir. Part II

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The Souvenir

Original title: The Souvenir. Part II
Year: 2021
Running time: 107 min.
Country: United Kingdom
Director: Joanna Hogg
Screenwriter: Joanna Hogg
Cinematography: David Raedeker
Cast: Honor Swinton Byrne, Tilda Swinton, Harris Dickinson, Joe Alwyn, Charlie Heaton, Richard Ayoade, Ariane Labed, Amber Anderson, Tosin Cole, Jack McMullen, Frankie Wilson, Jaygann Ayeh, Alice McMillan, Byron Broadbent, Grace Hancock, Gala Bernal
Producer: BBC Films, BFI Film Fund, Element Pictures, JWH Films, Protagonist. Producer: Martin Scorsese. Distributor: A24
Genre: Drama. Romance. Mystery | Sequel. 1980s
Synopsis: 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. Joanna Hogg’s shimmering story of first love and a young woman’s formative years, The Souvenir Part II is a portrait of the artist that transcends the halting particulars of everyday life —a singular, alchemic mix of memoir and fantasy.

Awards: 2021: National Board of Review (NBR): Top Independent Films

2021: British Independent Film Awards (BIFA): Best Editing, Costum Design & Prod. Design

2021: Gotham Awards: Nominated for Best International Feature

Critics' reviews

"The distinctive British filmmaker is at the height of her powers in this semiautobiographical work (...) Arguably even more original and intensely personal than the first part"

David Rooney: The Hollywood Reporter
"[It] offers a dreamy and brilliant deconstruction of the first (...) Byrne’s deeply felt performance ensures that all those moments share a consistent gravity between them"

David Ehrlich: IndieWire
"[This] follow-up retains the delicate virtues of its predecessor, while introducing a fresh formal playfulness of its own."

Guy Lodge: Variety
"An artist at the peak of her creative bravado, Hogg has completed her most astounding work yet (...) A masterwork of self-introspection through the canvas of cinema"

Carlos Aguilar: The Playlist
"Delicate and exquisite (...) It’s not essential to see the first before the second, because the new film is such a delightful piece on its own terms"

Jason Solomons: The Wrap
"'The Souvenir Part II' is at once a continuation of 'The Souvenir' and a kind of victory lap for it, and the self-regarding aspect is a bit much. Still, it has a meta-movie component that distinguishes it from its predecessor"

Ben Kenigsberg: rogerebert.com
"It skirts the line of art-house pretentiousness and perhaps crosses over a time or two, but it's also strange and beautiful and haunting and original (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"

Richard Roeper: Chicago Sun-Times
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