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THE ETERNAL DAUGHTER
A film by Joanna Hogg
Starring Tilda Swinton
Released on BFI Blu-ray, BFI Player Subscription, iTunes and Amazon Prime on 22 January 2024
This beautifully composed drama centres on a middle-aged filmmaker and her mother, who spend a few nights in an old country hotel that holds meaning for them both. Featuring a towering, deeply moving and BIFA nominated performance by Tilda Swinton in dual roles, THE ETERNAL DAUGHTER is an intricately layered piece about motherhood, memory and loss, dressed up as a gothic chiller. Following its theatrical release by BFI Distribution on 24 November 2023, it is released on Blu-ray and BFI Player Subscription by the BFI on 22 January 2024, with special features including an audio commentary and filmed interviews.
Swirling mist, looming shadows, a ghostly presence half-glanced in a window… embracing some of the heightened stylistic flourishes seen in THE SOUVENIR PART II, THE ETERNAL DAUGHTER takes Joanna Hogg into exciting new territory, while retaining her distinctive naturalistic signature. The film exists entirely as its own deeply enthralling and moving drama, but fans of the filmmaker’s recent work will also find it a puzzle box of metatextual delights.
Special features
• Presented in High Definition
• Audio commentary by director Joanna Hogg and production designer Stéphane Collonge
• Présages (2023, 11 mins): a short film by Joanna Hogg produced in 2023 for the Centre Pompidou’s ‘Où en êtes-vous?’ collection
• Joanna Hogg in Conversation (2023, 76 mins): the filmmaker discusses her career with Jason Wood
• Q&A with Joanna Hogg and Tilda Swinton (2023, 35 mins): the writer-director and the star talk to Francine Stock about their latest collaboration
• Original UK trailer
• ***First pressing only*** Illustrated booklet with essays by Catherine Bray and Hannah Strong, and an introduction and interview with Joanna Hogg by Roger Luckhurst re-printed from Sight and Sound, December 2023; notes on the special features and credits
Product details
RRP: £19.99 / Cat. no. BFIB1502 / 15
UK / 2022 / colour / 96 minutes / English language with optional descriptive subtitles and audio description / original aspect ratio 1.66:1 BD50: 1080p, 23.98fps, DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and LPCM 2.0 stereo audio
THE ETERNAL DAUGHTER
A film by Joanna Hogg
Starring Tilda Swinton
Released on BFI Blu-ray, BFI Player Subscription, iTunes and Amazon Prime on 22 January 2024
This beautifully composed drama centres on a middle-aged filmmaker and her mother, who spend a few nights in an old country hotel that holds meaning for them both. Featuring a towering, deeply moving and BIFA nominated performance by Tilda Swinton in dual roles, THE ETERNAL DAUGHTER is an intricately layered piece about motherhood, memory and loss, dressed up as a gothic chiller. Following its theatrical release by BFI Distribution on 24 November 2023, it is released on Blu-ray and BFI Player Subscription by the BFI on 22 January 2024, with special features including an audio commentary and filmed interviews.
Swirling mist, looming shadows, a ghostly presence half-glanced in a window… embracing some of the heightened stylistic flourishes seen in THE SOUVENIR PART II, THE ETERNAL DAUGHTER takes Joanna Hogg into exciting new territory, while retaining her distinctive naturalistic signature. The film exists entirely as its own deeply enthralling and moving drama, but fans of the filmmaker’s recent work will also find it a puzzle box of metatextual delights.
Special features
• Presented in High Definition
• Audio commentary by director Joanna Hogg and production designer Stéphane Collonge
• Présages (2023, 11 mins): a short film by Joanna Hogg produced in 2023 for the Centre Pompidou’s ‘Où en êtes-vous?’ collection
• Joanna Hogg in Conversation (2023, 76 mins): the filmmaker discusses her career with Jason Wood
• Q&A with Joanna Hogg and Tilda Swinton (2023, 35 mins): the writer-director and the star talk to Francine Stock about their latest collaboration
• Original UK trailer
• ***First pressing only*** Illustrated booklet with essays by Catherine Bray and Hannah Strong, and an introduction and interview with Joanna Hogg by Roger Luckhurst re-printed from Sight and Sound, December 2023; notes on the special features and credits
Product details
RRP: £19.99 / Cat. no. BFIB1502 / 15
UK / 2022 / colour / 96 minutes / English language with optional descriptive subtitles and audio description / original aspect ratio 1.66:1 BD50: 1080p, 23.98fps, DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and LPCM 2.0 stereo audio