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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.

Emma Mackey stars as Sofia in Rebecca Lenkiewicz's directorial debut Hot Milk, now available to watch on Mubi India.
Fiona Shaw and Emma Mackey play mother and daughter in Hot Milk.
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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.