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THE SOUVENIR

CERTIFICATE 15 DIRECTOR Joanna Hogg STARRING Honor Swinton Byrne, Tom Burke, Tilda Swinton, Richard Ayoade SCREENPLAY Joanna Hogg DISTRIBUTOR Curzon RUNNING TIME 120 minutes

OUT 30 AUGUST

A semi-autobiographical portrait of an artist that is at once severe and compassionate, painterly and spontaneous, formally rigorous and fluent (much of the sees writer/director Joanna Hogg bring meaning to the memories of her formative years as a filmmaker. It also offers a fascinating study of co-dependent, tortuous love.

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