Having drawn acclaim as a screenwriter for films like Ida, Disobedience and She Said, Rebecca Lenkiewicz makes her directorial debut with Hot Milk, adapted from the novel by Deborah Levy.
The film stars Emma Mackey as Sofia, a young woman who travels with her sickly mother Rose (Fiona Shaw) to a Spanish seaside town where they hope to find a cure for Rose's inexplicable illness. When Sofia bonds with a free-living traveller (Vicky Krieps), it creates tension in her relationship with her mother.
Vincent Perez, Yann Gael and Patsy Ferran also star.
Hot Milk is in UK/ROI cinemas from July 4th.
Check out the new trailer below.
The official synopsis reads:
Set in the scorching heat of a Spanish summer, Sofia (Emma Mackey) and her ailing mother, Rose (Fiona Shaw), travel to the seaside town of Almería to seek the help of Dr. Gómez (Vincent Perez), an enigmatic healer who may hold the key to Rose’s mysterious illness. As long-buried tensions simmer between them, Sofia finds herself drawn to the magnetic and free-spirited Ingrid (Vicky Krieps). But as the sun beats down, Sofia’s growing independence and search for freedom become too much for her controlling mother, forcing her to question the true nature of Rose’s illness. Secrets, lies, and revelations emerge, leading Sofia to doors that might be best left unopened.