★★★★ – Independent. A mother and daughter visit a Spanish seaside town in search of a mysterious healer, but the town’s sultry atmosphere stirs old tensions and new desires.
"★★★★ – surreal and sapphic – with an exceptional performance by Emma Mackey" – Independent
Sofia (Mackey, Sex Education) and her chronically ill mother, Rose (Fiona Shaw, Killing Eve), arrive in a sun-drenched Spanish seaside town in search of a mysterious healer. The days pass, and the town's sultry atmosphere stirs long-buried tensions and new-found desires. As Sofia struggles to escape the shadow of her mother’s illness, she finds herself helplessly drawn to free-spirited traveller, Ingrid (Krieps, Phantom Thread). A sensuous adaptation of Deborah Levy’s celebrated novel.
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