Tilda Swinton² is haunting in the gothic ghost story THE ETERNAL DAUGHTER, an ode to familial female ties that leaves much to unravel after the fog lifts.
An artist and her elderly mother confront long-buried secrets when they return to a former family home, now a hotel haunted by its mysterious past. Featuring a towering, deeply moving performance by Swinton, acclaimed filmmaker Joanna Hogg's beguiling latest film is a brilliant and captivating exploration of parental relationships and the things we leave behind.
In Hogg’s sixth feature film, she delivers a bold and original take on a timeworn genre, melding her radically personal and intuitive style with a mother-daughter ghost story—conjuring a twilight tale like no other, one as profoundly moving as it is hypnotically eerie.
PG-13, 96 min.
"It’s moving and poignant and quietly extraordinary should you surrender to its spell." – San Jose Mercury News
"THE ETERNAL DAUGHTER is haunting, as all the best ghost stories are. The best love stories too." – Los Angeles Times
"A gentle and mournful spell is cast by Joanna Hogg’s THE ETERNAL DAUGHTER, a ghost story where memory is manifested – visited, intruded upon and, finally, made to glow." – Associated Press
"THE ETERNAL DAUGHTER offers an invitation to contemplation. There's something mesmerizing about watching Swinton expertly lobbing her dialogue back and forth between alter egos." – The Ringer