28-05-2025
Fiona Shaw back in Irish cinemas in July in Hot Milk
BAFTA and Olivier Award winner Fiona Shaw will be back in Irish cinemas in July as mother-daughter tensions take centre stage in the drama Hot Milk, an adaptation of Deborah Levy's Booker Prize-nominated novel of the same name.
Hot Milk marks the feature directorial debut of playwright and screenwriter Rebecca Lenkiewicz (Her Naked Skin, Secret Diary of a Call Girl, She Said), who has also written the screenplay.
It sees Bad Sisters and Killing Eve star Shaw joined by Emma Mackey (Sex Education, Emily), Vicky Krieps (Phantom Thread, Corsage), and Vincent Perez (Alone in Berlin, Boléro).
The synopsis for Hot Milk reads: "Set in the scorching heat of a Spanish summer, Sofia (Emma Mackey) and her ailing mother, Rose (Fiona Shaw), travel to the seaside town of Almería to seek the help of Dr Gómez (Vincent Perez), an enigmatic healer who may hold the key to Rose's mysterious illness.
"As long-buried tensions simmer between them, Sofia finds herself drawn to the magnetic and free-spirited Ingrid (Vicky Krieps).
"But as the sun beats down, Sofia's growing independence and search for freedom become too much for her controlling mother, forcing her to question the true nature of Rose's illness.
"Secrets, lies, and revelations emerge, leading Sofia to doors that might be best left unopened."
It opens in cinemas on Friday 4 July.
