Emma Mackey Stars In Mother-Daughter Drama Hot Milk
Sex Education and Barbie actress Emma Mackey stars in an intimate new drama that’s just released in cinemas this month: Hot Milk, which is adapted from the book of the same name, also features Fiona Shaw (Killing Eve) and follows a young woman (Mackey) who lives with her very ill mother. Setting out on a trip to find a doctor who could potentially cure her, the daughter finds another life for herself that she didn’t know she could live.
What is Hot Milk about?
Based on Rebecca Lenkiewicz’s book of the same name, Hot Milk features Mackey in the lead role of Sofia, a woman who has always known her mother to have a mysterious illness afflicting her. She spends time and energy trying to look after Rose (Shaw), but finds her mother highly controlling, to the point of having little life outside of assisting her. Bound to a wheelchair and with no apparent cure, Rose decides in a last-ditch effort to head to the Spanish coast along with her daughter in order to find potential treatment. Things between her and Sofia remain tense and difficult, particularly since she’s sceptical that the claimed cure will even work.
Shortly after arrival, Sofia soon finds that while Rose is being treated, she has free time to do whatever she wants- a luxury that she has barely had before. Taking herself to the beach, she meets another woman, Ingrid (Vicky Krieps), who’s something of a free spirit and who takes an interest in Sofia. Sofia immediately becomes infatuated with her, and the two begin to form a relationship. Sofia now feels a new lease of life, and is discovering things about herself that she never knew, or could’ve known in the past.
Ingrid has had troubles in her past, and both she and Sofia feel like kindred spirits- and perhaps the healing she gets from their relationship will improve her own with Rose. At the same time, Sofia also seeks out her estranged father, who she knows is in the area- but isn’t sure whether the experience will ultimately be a positive one.
When does it release?
Hot Milk premiered at the Berlin Film Festival and has been picked up by Mubi for the UK release. It’s now playing in cinemas and will be available to stream on Mubi at a later date.
