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- Abbey Arts Centre
- March 25, 2020
- Wednesday, 8:00PM to 10:00PM
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The Souvenir
Abbey Arts Centre
Wednesday, 8:00PM to 10:00PM
March 25, 2020
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Film Club
Organizer's other events‘The Souvenir’ – 25th March at 8:00pm | €7
Director: Joanna Hogg
Cast: Honor Swinton Byrne, Tom Burke, Tilda Swinton
Fim Information
120 minutes, United Kingdom, 2019, 15A
Synopsis
1980’s London. Julie (a breakout performance from Honor Swinton Byrne) is a shy film student from a privileged background, who wants to use her work to better understand the realities of the world. When she meets the older and mysterious Anthony, Julie finds herself caught up in her first serious love affair. While her mother (Tilda Swinton) and friends are concerned about the relationship, Julie remains naively devoted to her new love, even when she unearths an unthinkable secret.
Director Joanna Hogg (Unrelated, Exhibition) reimagines some of her own real-life experiences, resulting in a film that explores many subjects including art and memory, alongside those of romance and love. Keenly observed, The Souvenir is refreshingly honest and beautifully devastating.
Festivals
Sundance Film Festival 2019
Berlin International Film Festival 2019
Sydney Film Festival 2019
Edinburgh International Film Festival 2019
Awards
Winner – World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic
Quotes
“★★★★★ A cinematic memoir of once-in-a-decade emotional precision and ambition, Joanna Hogg’s The Souvenir does many things so exquisitely, it’s hard to know where to begin.” – Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out
“★★★★★ … mysterious, seductive, thrillingly controlled … ” – Robbie Collin, The Daily Telegraph
“Joanna Hogg’s collaboration with Martin Scorsese is exceptional … it is a very dark romance that is all the more devastating because of the very British restraint with which its story is told.” – Geoffrey Macnab, The Observer