The Souvenir Comments

  • Antonia 2022-05-07 06:01:14

    I can feel why some people don't like it, so I am more sure that I like it. Because I am now learning to express, I am more able to appreciate the protagonist’s emotions, those who are brave, confused, and self-doubt. I don’t like living in a bubble. I don’t like living in a bubble. I want to connect with people around me. Together, but how can it be done? After the bubble is smashed, it is pain, and pain is nourishment and...

  • Jalyn 2022-05-07 06:01:14

    3.5 Beautiful and lovely, elegant and decadent, I recommend (fast forward) a look. The soundtrack is perfect, sometimes opera and sometimes new age. It’s a pity that it’s loose and bad (compared to "reality...

  • Erica 2022-05-07 06:01:14

    #69thBerlinale# Panorama. Sundance World Film Award. A British sketch with a very unique rhythm and temperament, it can be regarded as an autobiographical work by director Joanna Hogg. The film completely abandoned the melodrama filming method. The plot and structure are developed according to the emotions and psychology of the characters, and Julie's photography, drama and video works will also be quoted. The heroine's life circle and state of existence are finely portrayed. Of course, while...

Extended Reading

The Souvenir quotes

  • Anthony: I can't go into all this. It was an emergency.

    Julie: What fucking emergency?

    Anthony: If I hadn't done that on that day, I wouldn't be here now. I... That's all I can tell you.

    Julie: What's that supposed to mean? You can't say stuff like that and then not... I don't.. I appreciate there are some things you can't tell me.

    Anthony: Well, uh, you know, I appreciate there's things about me that you find unacceptable. There's things about you I find unacceptable. There's things about this conversation I find unacceptable. We're gonna have to meet somewhere.

  • [at a dinner party; Anthony has left the table]

    Patrick: You don't seem druggy to me.

    Julie: [smiling] No, I'm not, no, I'm not.

    Patrick: Interesting. So I'm trying to work out... where you two tessellate here.

    [Julie is wordless, confused]

    Patrick: I'm not good with euphemism, so...

    Julie: Sorry, I don't understand.

    Patrick: OK, so,

    [gestures to Anthony's vacant seat]

    Patrick: habitual heroin user,

    [gestures to Julie]

    Patrick: trainee Rotarian... which is a good look, I mean it nicely. How, what, why, when... ?

    Julie: [quietly stunned] Sorry, I don't...

    Patrick: You don't even dabble?

    Julie: No.

    Patrick: Okay. I mean, I don't, I feel it's very mainstream behavior. I've said to him, it's mainstream. I actually think, you know... I mean, it was fine in the '40s, but...

    [Julie is still speechless as Anthony returns]