The Eternal Daughter, a 2022 British mystery film starring We Need to Talk About Kevin's Tilda Swinton, has found itself another streaming home in the UK. Already available on BFI Player (via its own service or a Prime Video/Apple TV add-on), the film now can be viewed via BBC iPlayer.
A reunion between Swinton and The Souvenir director Joanna Hogg, the film stars the actor playing both a middle-aged woman and her elderly mother.
The duo check in to a secluded hotel that has ties to their family history, and they have to deal with mysterious goings-on, as well as long-buried secrets.
The film aired on BBC Two last night, and unlike most films on iPlayer, it's available for the next 11 months, rather than just one month (that's because it's partly made by the Beeb).
It only received a small cinema release, making just over half a million dollars at the US box office, but it is a proper little critical darling.
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The Atlantic named The Eternal Daughter as the second-best film of 2022, while RogerEbert.com and The Los Angeles Times had it in third place.
Over on Rotten Tomatoes, it has a 95% positive score from 137 reviews.
"The Eternal Daughter binds a gentle ghost story with thoughtful domestic tensions to magnificent effect, turning the hotel into a groaning chamber of regrets and reminiscence," The Atlantic's review reads. "What could have felt like a small-scale experiment is one of Hogg's richest and most expansive texts."
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RogerEbert.com's review states: "Like the best of the classic gothic ghost stories, The Eternal Daughter leaves you unsettled and unsure of what really is happening."
"The Eternal Daughter is haunting, as all the best ghost stories are. The best love stories too," wrote The Los Angeles Times.
The Eternal Daughter is available to stream via BBC iPlayer or BFI Player.
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