“The Eternal Daughter” Movie Review

 

“The Eternal Daughter”

 

Movie Review

 

Joanna Hogg is the producer, writer, and director of the Gothic mystery drama film The Eternal Daughter. In it, Tilda Swinton plays two characters, a middle-aged director and her ailing mother, both of whom are visitors to an enigmatic hotel. Carly-Sophia Davies and Joseph Mydell play supporting roles. On September 20, 2022, The Eternal Daughter had its international debut.

Julie, a middle-aged filmmaker, checks her mother Rosalind into a remote hotel. Julie wants to spend time with her mother in the hopes of filming a movie about her because her father recently passed away. Rosalind describes tragic experiences that happened there, including a miscarriage and a family member's death during World War II. The hotel was once her family's home. Rosalind reassures Julie that it's not her fault and that she too had wonderful memories at the childhood home when she starts to feel guilty about bringing up these recollections.

Julie discovers her mother's dog missing when she enters her room one evening. She enlists Bill, a hotel employee, to assist her as she desperately searches the property. As Rosalind enters the room again, she discovers the dog lying on the bed. Bill is thanked for his assistance, and the two of them bond over their shared grief at the recent deaths of Bill's wife and Julie's father. Julie overheard Rosalind speaking with Bill the next day. Rosalind says she feels bad for Julie because she doesn't have any kids of her own and prefers to spoil her mother over her own kids.

Julie makes a special dinner for Rosalind on her birthday, but when Rosalind says she is not hungry, Julie becomes upset. She believes that she cannot be happy if her mother is not happy and that she fears for the future because she will be alone as she ages and will have no children to look after her. She sobs and admits that she is sitting alone at the table and that her mother passed away in the past as she brings her mother a birthday cake.

The next day, Julie finishes off her screenplay before getting ready to go. The hotel is seen to be crowded with visitors and staff as she departs. The front desk clerk becomes genuinely concerned for Julie, who is helped into a taxi by Bill. The hotel's surrounding fog gradually lifts.

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