“Hot Milk”: Sofia, in the suffocating shadow of her mother

In this film, presented in competition at the Berlin Festival last February, all the elements seemed together: a exciting female casting, a remarkable novel, signed by Deborah Levy and, for the first time behind the camera, the British Rebecca Lenkiewicz who marked the spirits with her previous scenarios – Ida et She said – Around wrestling women. In addition, She saidvery noticed film directed by Maria Schrader. However, tackled with great care the ambitious journalistic investigation which had revealed the guilty and violent acts of producer Harvey Weinstein, trigger of the #MeToo movement.

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However, this time, magic does not operate. The subject. too disjointed, too much supported at times, loses the spectator on the way despite benefits of a good intensity, which are struggling to resonate in unison. “hot milk”: sofia, suffocating shadow Each plays an overly personal score and the staging fails to offer them a common direction. We must wait for the last part of the film to finally. the pieces of the puzzle come together and that we take the measure of the trauma experienced by each. Despite an explosive finale, it will probably be too late for part of the public. Damage.

★ Hot Milk Toxic relationship Realization. scenarioRebecca Lenkiewicz, according to the novel by Deborah Levy With Emma Mackey, Fiona Shaw, Vicky Krieps, Vincent Perez,…Duration 1h32