Review of The Eternal Daughter (2022) by Moviemitch96 — 18 Dec 2022
A middle-aged woman and her elderly mother (both portrayed by Tilda Swinton) are staying at an eerie and old estate where they both have a past and strange and unexplainable hauntings of said past seem to come to light.
From director Joanna Hogg (who directed Swinton and her daughter in 'The Souvenir Parts 1 and 2'), this is more or less a spiritual sequel (pardon the pun) to those films, as Swinton is essentially reprising her role of Rosalind from 'The Souvenir' films (her character's name in this is also Rosalind) and is now also playing the grown-up version of her daughter Julie from those films (her own daughter Honor Swinton-Byrne portrayed Julie in those films.
) It was really quite interesting and unexpected to see a continuation of these two characters here in this film, but it really worked rather well, and of course Swinton is more than up to the task of brilliantly pulling double duty with dual roles here.
She seems to have a knack for playing multiple roles in films, as we've seen time and again in films like 'Suspiria' and 'Hail Caesar'. Her dual performance here is obviously the star attraction, and it makes up for the rather minimalist yet also personal approach to the film (it was filmed in the midst of the pandemic after all.
) Overall, while there's not much in the way of story or characters apart from Swinton's, this is still a masterful, personal, and ultimately rather effective character study and continuation of the characters of Julie and Rosalind from 'The Souvenir' films.
This review of The Eternal Daughter (2022) was written by Moviemitch96 on 18 Dec 2022.
The Eternal Daughter has generally received positive reviews.
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