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Hot Milk

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Rose (Fiona Shaw) and her daughter Sofia (Emma Mackey) travel to the Spanish seaside town of Almería to consult with the shamanic Dr. Gómez, a physician who could possibly hold the cure to Rose's mystery illness, which has left her bound to a wheelchair. But in the sultry atmosphere of this sun-bleached town Sofia, who has been trapped by her mother’s illness all her life, finally starts to shed her inhibitions, enticed by the persuasive charms of enigmatic traveler Ingrid (Vicky Krieps). Sofia's increased freedom becomes too much for her controlling mother, and as the hot sun beats down, their relationship simmers with pent-up resentments and bitterness, threatening to tear the fragile threads that hold them together, and leading them to a dramatic conclusion.

Cast & Crew

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Rebecca Lenkiewicz

Director

Emma Mackey

Sofia

Fiona Shaw

Rose

Vincent Perez

Gomez

Vicky Krieps

Ingrid

Patsy Ferran

Nurse Julieta

Critics Reviews

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Tim Robey Daily Telegraph (UK) Sullenly charismatic with that pugnacious chin of hers, Mackey is too good an actress to be altogether at sea, but she’s been given segments of a person without enough glue in the script to help her out. Rated: 2/5 Feb 19, 2025 Full Review Geoffrey Macnab Independent (UK) This is slippery, subversive storytelling that’s very hard to get any firm grasp on -- but that is one of its main pleasures. Rated: 4/5 Feb 19, 2025 Full Review Peter Debruge Variety In principle, [Emma Mackey is] sufficiently enigmatic to carry a movie, and yet, the character herself is sketched a bit too thinly to sustain the short 93-minute running time, mostly because Lenkiewicz fails to establish what this character wants. Feb 15, 2025 Full Review Emily Maskell AwardsWatch As the intensity becomes claustrophobic, Hot Milk reaches its final crescendo and attempts to burst out of the liminal space it has occupied. Mar 27, 2025 Full Review Ana Yorke PopMatters Despite a stellar cast and one of the most mind-blowingly abrupt, ruthless ends in recent memory, Hot Milk comes across as a missed opportunity. Feb 25, 2025 Full Review Hector A. Gonzalez InSession Film Hot Milk ends up as a missed opportunity–one that fails to tap into the emotional depth or nuance of the source material, leaving a hollow, unfulfilled version of a complex story. Rated: C Feb 18, 2025 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Rose (Fiona Shaw) and her daughter Sofia (Emma Mackey) travel to the Spanish seaside town of Almería to consult with the shamanic Dr. Gómez, a physician who could possibly hold the cure to Rose's mystery illness, which has left her bound to a wheelchair. But in the sultry atmosphere of this sun-bleached town Sofia, who has been trapped by her mother’s illness all her life, finally starts to shed her inhibitions, enticed by the persuasive charms of enigmatic traveler Ingrid (Vicky Krieps). Sofia's increased freedom becomes too much for her controlling mother, and as the hot sun beats down, their relationship simmers with pent-up resentments and bitterness, threatening to tear the fragile threads that hold them together, and leading them to a dramatic conclusion.
Director
Rebecca Lenkiewicz
Producer
Christine Langan, Kate Glover, Giorgos Karnavas
Screenwriter
Rebecca Lenkiewicz
Distributor
IFC Films
Production Co
Film4, HanWay Films
Rating
R
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 27, 2025, Limited
Runtime
1h 32m