A punishing yet patiently drawn out drama on how a young woman is weighed down and then circumvents the fragile male ego, Joanna Hogg‘s The Souvenir (which already promises to be an exciting two stepper) feels like vintage aged grapes. A showcase for first-time actress Honor Swinton-Byrne (her mom’s supporting character provides Brit giggles) and Tom Burke in the role of leacher and loiter deluxe, this sophisticated cinema was crowned with Grand Jury Prize World Cinema – Dramatic. We were at the world preem for The Souvenir with Hogg, and her two players providing clarity on the semi autobiographical text and approach and by appearances, Swinton-Byrne excitingly feels up to task for more of the same.
Joanna Hogg’s The Souvenir | 2019 Sundance Film Festival
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Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist, and critic at IONCINEMA.com, established in 2000. A regular at Sundance, Cannes, and Venice, Eric holds a BFA in film studies from the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013, he served on the narrative competition jury at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson’s "This Teacher" (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022, he was a New Flesh Juror for Best First Feature at the Fantasia International Film Festival. His top films for 2023 include The Zone of Interest (Glazer), Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell (Pham Thien An), Totem (Lila Avilés), La Chimera (Alice Rohrwacher), All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt (Raven Jackson). He is a Golden Globes Voter.
