The Souvenir: Part II

The Souvenir: Part II continues the story of Julie, a film student who is dealing with the fallout of a turbulent relationship with an older, charismatic and manipulative man. As she works on her graduation film, she tries to make sense of her feelings for him, separating what actually happened from the elaborate fiction he constructed about himself. The film follows her as she mourns a devastating loss, attempts to put her life back in order, and comes to see things differently through the lens of her camera. It is a portrait of a young woman's artistic coming of age, blending memory and fantasy.

Joanna Hogg directed and wrote the screenplay, and produced it with Andrew Lowe and Ed Guiney. It is the fifth feature she directed, following The Souvenir two years earlier, and it sits between that film and The Eternal Daughter in her filmography. Honor Swinton Byrne returns as Julie, with Tilda Swinton as Rosalind, Charlie Heaton as Jim, Jaygann Ayeh as Marland, Harris Dickinson as Pete and Richard Ayoade as Patrick. The production involved 54 credited cast and 44 credited crew members, and was made across the United Kingdom, Ireland and the United States.

Released in 2021, the film runs 108 minutes. It drew strong notices from critics, whose rating stands at 8.3 out of 10 from 136 reviews. On IMDb it holds 7.1 out of 10 from around 4,800 votes, while on TMDB it has 6.4 out of 10 from about 100 votes.