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Hot Milk Debuts on Mubi India as Emma Mackey Embraces a Subtler Lead

Rebecca Lenkiewicz’s first feature adapts Deborah Levy’s Booker-shortlisted novel with a distinct vision.

Overview

  • The film is now streaming in India on Mubi, broadening access following its earlier festival and theatrical run.
  • Emma Mackey stars as Sofia, who accompanies her mother Rose to Almería for treatment and begins a relationship with Ingrid.
  • Mackey said she sought the role because it diverges sharply from her Sex Education breakout, describing Sofia as more restrained and enigmatic.
  • She added that Fiona Shaw and Vicky Krieps were attached before she joined and that Lenkiewicz framed the adaptation as its own piece separate from the novel.
  • A new Hindustan Times review lauds Fiona Shaw’s performance and finds the debut striking despite occasional excess, giving it 3.5 stars.