The Eternal Daughter review: Tilda Swinton stars opposite, well, Tilda Swinton
Both mother and daughter are anxious about what the other thinks, yet can’t talk about it except to strangers. And like many ghost stories, Hogg introduces a groundskeeper to solve this conundrum. But his presence this time is not to scare anyone, but rather to act as the conduit who coaxes confessions that can never be told to anyone else. Played with empathetic ease by Joseph Mydell, this stranger is the only person mother and daughter can tell how wonderful they think the other is.
By casting an actor opposite herself, Hogg drives at how memory always has a jaundiced perspective. It can never be impartial or just as it was. It can only be about the person remembering. Aided by impeccable makeup on the older character, Swinton gives an achingly perceptive performance. She manages to separate and distinguish the characters in speech, manner, and gesture yet connect them emotionally.
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