The Eternal Daughter (2022)

December 4, 2022 9:37 AM

In this ghost story from acclaimed filmmaker Joanna Hogg, a middle-aged daughter and her elderly mother (both played by Tilda Swinton simultaneously) must confront long-buried secrets when they return to their former family home, a once-grand manor.

Out in theaters and ($20 on demand) streaming as of now.

posted by neustile (4 comments total)

Can someone who's watched this tell me how scary/unsettling it was? I'm interested in watching it but have a low tolerance for scary things
posted by potrzebie at 12:17 PM on December 4, 2022

Not scary at all -- it's vaguely a ghost story but there are no scares. There is a lost dog for a bit but it's not a big deal. (The dog is one of Swinton's own dogs and that's all adorable.)

It's beautiful. It's intense, depending on what your relationship with your parents is/are.

It's absolutely amazing. If you think this is the kind of movie you'd like, you will! I'm a fan of the director so I was going into this assuming I'd love it, but I loved it way more than I expected. It's a lot but it's gorgeous and amazing. It's just lovely and mysterious and I want to watch it again.
posted by edencosmic at 5:30 PM on December 5, 2022

Sounds entirely unrelated to the video game.
posted by one for the books at 1:56 PM on December 6, 2022

I loved this atmospheric picture. Swinton is quietly—doubly—magnificent as the daughter and her mother.
posted by Short Attention Sp at 7:41 PM on December 17, 2022