Hot Milk

Set in the scorching heat of a Spanish summer, Hot Milk follows Rose (Fiona Shaw) and her daughter Sofia (Emma Mackey) as they travel to the seaside town of Almería to consult Gómez(Vincent Perez), an enigmatic healer who may hold the key to Rose’s mysterious illness.

In the sun-drenched town, Sofia, trapped till now by obligation to her mother’s condition, begins to shed her inhibitions as she is drawn to the magnetic charms of Ingrid, afree spirited traveler, (Vicky Krieps).

Sofia’s increased freedom becomes too much for her controlling mother, and as the hot sun beats down, their relationship simmers with pent-up resentments and bitterness, threatening to tearthe fragile threads that hold them together.

• Hot Milk on today at 11:00 is an Elevenses screening. Get a free tea or filter coffee when you purchase a cake from the Café & Bar.

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