The Souvenir

2019
G
2h

ÉVALUATION IMDb

6,4/10

15 k

MA NOTE

Tom Burke and Honor Swinton Byrne in The Souvenir (2019)

A young film student becomes romantically involved with a complicated and untrustworthy man. Starring Honor Swinton Byrne, Tom Burke, and Tilda Swinton.

Liretrailer2 min 17 s

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Drama Romance

Au début des années 80, une étudiante en cinéma vit sa première histoire d'amour avec un homme complexe.Au début des années 80, une étudiante en cinéma vit sa première histoire d'amour avec un homme complexe.Au début des années 80, une étudiante en cinéma vit sa première histoire d'amour avec un homme complexe.

Voir l’information sur la production à IMDbPro

ÉVALUATION IMDb

6,4/10

15 k

MA NOTE

Voir l’information sur la production à IMDbPro

Prix
- 7 victoires et 37 nominations au total

Anecdotes
Joanna Hogg wrote the script based on her real-life experiences while attending film school in London in the early '80s. Tilda Swinton and Hogg have been friends since they were ten years old, and Swinton witnessed Hogg's relationship at the time. All actors read the script except for Honor Swinton Byrne. Director Joanna Hogg gave her instead her diaries from the early '80s, notes, photographs, and old scripts and films she wrote and made at that time. She was told to improvise every scene, while the rest of the cast had scripts but were still told to react to her as well as they could. Hogg also gave Tom Burke old letters, recordings, and drawings from the man his character is based on.

Citations
Anthony: We don't know what the inner machinations of their mind are, or their heart. We don't know. But that's what we want to know when we go and see a film. We don't wanna just see life played out as is. We wanna see life as it is experienced, within this soft machine, within this...
Julie: But the life of Tony and his mother, they're the lives of real people. I'm not- I'm not making that up.
Anthony: Why are they more real than me?
Julie: They're not more real than you.
Anthony: Am I more real than you?
Julie: No. I think we're all equal in that. I think we're all as real as each other. There's no competition. It doesn't matter that they're not real people. I mean, I'm not trying to make a documentary. I'm just- you know, I'm making a feature film.
Anthony: Now, are you sure?
Julie: Yes, I am. I'm making a feature film.

Générique farfelu
The credits end with "The Souvenir Part 2 coming soon"

Connexions
Featured in WatchMojo: Top 10 Best Movies of 2019 (So Far) (2019)

Bandes originales
Ghost Town (Extended Version)
Performed by The Specials
Written by Jerry Dammers
Licenced courtesy of Chrysalis Records Ltd.
Publishing by BMG Rights Management UK Ltd., a BMG Company

Commentaires des utilisateurs158

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Commentaire en vedette

7/10

Disquieting, slightly aloof drama about a poisonous relationship

Honor Swinton Byrne gives a profoundly subtle performance as an impressionable film student from a privileged upbringing who becomes romantically involved with an enigmatic, charming man who works for the British government. Tom Burke is a stark presence as the young woman's muse. They gradually become inseparable.

She is a thoughtful, sensitive person who soon finds herself navigating the pitfalls of his serpentine personality. The film proceeds at a very deliberate pace and is low-key to the point of being catatonic at times. The main criticism of this film is that its slow patches do go on for quite a bit. But out of this dry and methodical narrative eventually emerges a raw tension leading to a conclusion that is quite powerful.

Although this isn't quite the masterpiece that many reviews have made it out to be, I found it a worthwhile and subtly rewarding cinematic experience. Recommended to patient viewers.