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    Discoveries from the past with Joanna Hogg and Honor Swinton Byrne in 'The Souvenir'

    by Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times May 23, 2019 5 minutes

    For most audiences in the U.S., the new film "The Souvenir" will make for not one but two major discoveries. One is the raw, emotional performance by its 21-year-old star in her first significant screen role. The other is its 59-year-old writer-director making her fourth feature film.

    The film is about a young woman (Honor Swinton Byrne) in early 1980s London, hesitantly moving toward self-discovery and struggling to find her artistic voice in film school. She meets an older man named Anthony (Tom Burke), a seeming sophisticate with an air of intrigue, and soon he is staying in her apartment and they are locked in a tempestuous, all-consuming relationship. Along the way, she gains a newfound strength and sense of self.

    The story is based on the experiences of filmmaker Joanna Hogg and a

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