Tilda Swinton plays both mother and daughter in Joanna Hogg’s ghostly follow-up to her acclaimed ‘Souvenir’ duology.
’s arty horror remake from 2018 in which we all thought she was portraying two distinct characters, until it was revealed that no, actually,The Eternal Daughter
considers its ghosts—and the characters walking among them—in a more plaintive sense. Swinton taking on the two lead roles proves less an exercise of cinematic trickery, and more one of emotional intensity. “It was the most unusually tender, rich experience,” Swinton says. “Even though the film takes place in this kind of dreamscape of mist and gargoyles, it felt absolutely real to me and to Joanna because we were working through thoughts and feelings we’ve already shared as friends.
Hogg reveals to me an enduring fear of the dark, held since childhood, and wanting to lean into that here. “There’s something about after night falls that’s still at my age sometimes quite scary,” she says. “It’s not only fear of the dark or fear of ghosts, it’s fear of one’s self in a way, and then connecting with family.
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