Rebecca Lenkiewicz’s Hot Milk, starring Emma Mackey and Fiona Shaw, gets a new trailer

MUBI has released the trailer for BAFTA-nominated writer Rebecca Lenkiewicz’s (Ida, She Said, Disobedience) directorial debut, Hot Milk, which will be released in cinemas across the UK and Ireland on 4 July 2025.

Starring BAFTA award-winning Emma Mackey (Sex Education, Emily), Emmy and BAFTA TV nominated Fiona Shaw (Bad Sisters, Killing Eve), Vicky Krieps (Phantom Thread, Corsage), Vincent Perez (Alone in Berlin, Boléro), Yann Gael (Gladiator II, 1899) and Patsy Ferran (Mickey 17, Firebrand). Based on Deborah Levy’s Booker Prize and Goldsmiths Prize short-listed novel of the same name, Hot Milk received its World Premiere in Competition at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival.

Set in the scorching heat of a Spanish summer, Sofia (Emma Mackey) and her ailing mother, Rose (Fiona Shaw), travel to the seaside town of Almería to seek the help of Dr. Gómez (Vincent Perez), an enigmatic healer who may hold the key to Rose’s mysterious illness. As long-buried tensions simmer between them, Sofia finds herself drawn to the magnetic and free-spirited Ingrid (Vicky Krieps). But as the sun beats down, Sofia’s growing independence and search for freedom become too much for her controlling mother, forcing her to question the true nature of Rose’s illness. Secrets, lies, and revelations emerge, leading Sofia to doors that might be best left unopened.

Featuring layered and compelling performances from the central cast, Hot Milk is a vivid and evocative look at liberation and longing.