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Hot Milk is one of those rare book adaptations that actually make you want to read the book itself, too.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A mother-daughter trip to the Spanish coast of Almer\u00eda soon reveals itself to be a much deeper journey than it first seems. Rose, the mother played by the amazing Fiona Shaw, has booked a private treatment for her disability, hoping she may walk again. Sofia, the daughter played brilliantly by Emma MacKay, in her twenties, has been caring for her mother since she was four. This is a powerful story of a narcissistic mother-daughter relationship, in which the daughter eventually seeks to break free. Along this journey, Sofia encounters Ingrid, played by the lovely Vicky Krieps. She is a (seemingly) free spirit from Berlin, whom Sofia is immediately drawn to.<\/span><\/p>\n

I had the absolute pleasure to talk with director Rebecca Lenkiewicz who kindly shared many thoughtful insights into the psychological depth and complex character dynamics in the story. Her movie stayed with me long after, and I\u2019m sure it will do the same for you. It is going to be in theaters in Germany on the 3rd of July and in the UK on the 4th. We discuss the scenes very subtly, no worries, there are no major spoilers ahead.<\/span><\/p>\n

Burcu Beaufort: <\/i><\/b>Before we go deeper, I wanted to ask about the title, Hot Milk. I know it comes from the book, which I\u2019d love to read, but how does the name connect to the story thematically or symbolically?<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Rebecca Lenkiewicz<\/b> In the book on the very first page, Sofia is talking about the Milky Way. That\u2019s the first time the word <\/span>milk<\/span><\/i> is there. Also she\u2019s a barista back in London, so she\u2019s always boiling milk. But I think in our version, it\u2019s very much about maternal milk and it\u2019s <\/span>hot<\/span><\/i> rather than body temperature. It\u2019s almost like off the scale because their relationship is heated. That\u2019s how I interpret it, something inviting and repulsive.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n





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A mother-daughter trip to the Spanish coast of Almer\u00eda soon reveals itself to be a much deeper journey than it first seems. Rose, the mother played by the amazing Fiona Shaw, has booked a private treatment for her disability, hoping she may walk again. Sofia, the daughter played brilliantly by Emma MacKay, in her twenties, has been caring for her mother since she was four. This is a powerful story of a narcissistic mother-daughter relationship, in which the daughter eventually seeks to break free. Along this journey, Sofia encounters Ingrid, played by the lovely Vicky Krieps. She is a (seemingly) free spirit from Berlin, whom Sofia is immediately drawn to.<\/span><\/p>\n

In a conversation between director Rebecca Lenkiewicz and Burcu Beaufort, many thoughtful insights into the psychological depth and complex character dynamics in the story were shared, giving us a deeper connection to grasp the movie. <\/span><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"images","gallery":[{"ID":122014,"id":122014,"title":"HOT MILK_Still 6","filename":"HOT-MILK_Still-6.jpg","filesize":755637,"url":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/HOT-MILK_Still-6.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/article\/hot-milk-a-conversation-with-rebecca-lenkiewicz\/hot-milk_still-6\/","alt":"","author":"1","description":"","caption":"","name":"hot-milk_still-6","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":122009,"date":"2025-07-03 11:12:43","modified":"2025-07-03 11:12:43","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1920,"height":1281,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/HOT-MILK_Still-6.jpg","thumbnail-width":128,"thumbnail-height":85,"medium":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/HOT-MILK_Still-6.jpg","medium-width":1920,"medium-height":1281,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/HOT-MILK_Still-6.jpg","medium_large-width":1920,"medium_large-height":1281,"large":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/HOT-MILK_Still-6.jpg","large-width":1920,"large-height":1281,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/HOT-MILK_Still-6-1536x1025.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":1025,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/HOT-MILK_Still-6.jpg","2048x2048-width":1920,"2048x2048-height":1281,"trp-custom-language-flag":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/HOT-MILK_Still-6.jpg","trp-custom-language-flag-width":18,"trp-custom-language-flag-height":12,"wpvr_mobile":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/HOT-MILK_Still-6.jpg","wpvr_mobile-width":1920,"wpvr_mobile-height":1281}}],"settings":{"fit_width":"10","caption":"Image Courtesy of MUBI."}},{"acf_fc_layout":"text_area","text_area":"

Burcu Beaufort: Before we go deeper, I wanted to ask about the title, Hot Milk. I know it comes from the book, which I\u2019d love to read, but how does the name connect to the story thematically or symbolically?<\/span><\/p>\n

Rebecca Lenkiewicz: In the book on the very first page, Sofia is talking about the Milky Way. That\u2019s the first time the word <\/span>milk<\/span> is there. Also she\u2019s a barista back in London, so she\u2019s always boiling milk. But I think in our version, it\u2019s very much about maternal milk and it\u2019s <\/span>hot<\/span> rather than body temperature. It\u2019s almost like off the scale because their relationship is heated. That\u2019s how I interpret it, something inviting and repulsive.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It is similar to the sea with the jellyfish in the film which can be inviting and repulsive at the same time. Something that\u2019s kind of ambiguous.<\/span><\/p>\n

BB: That brings me to my other question. At first, I thought the mother was funny, warm and talkative. But as the scenes unfold, I started to feel overwhelmed by her emotional need for attention. Would you say that Sofia is, in a way, although I hesitate to use the word, emotionally abused by that need?<\/span><\/p>\n

RL: She\u2019s certainly a bit suffocated, yeah. I think the mother has a narcissism that is extreme, and she\u2019s not aware of it. Also Sofia has kind of cared for her since she was four years old. So inevitably, there is a fatigue there for a young woman to always be attending to their mother. I think there\u2019s a deep, deep love, from both of them to the other. You know, it\u2019s not a loveless relationship. But I think there\u2019s frustration. I don\u2019t think that Rose (the mother) is aware of that because she\u2019s in her own world of pain.<\/span><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"images","gallery":[{"ID":122010,"id":122010,"title":"HOT MILK_Still 2","filename":"HOT-MILK_Still-2.jpeg","filesize":470019,"url":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/HOT-MILK_Still-2.jpeg","link":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/article\/hot-milk-a-conversation-with-rebecca-lenkiewicz\/hot-milk_still-2\/","alt":"","author":"1","description":"","caption":"","name":"hot-milk_still-2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":122009,"date":"2025-07-03 11:12:10","modified":"2025-07-03 11:12:10","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1920,"height":1281,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/HOT-MILK_Still-2.jpeg","thumbnail-width":128,"thumbnail-height":85,"medium":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/HOT-MILK_Still-2.jpeg","medium-width":1920,"medium-height":1281,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/HOT-MILK_Still-2.jpeg","medium_large-width":1920,"medium_large-height":1281,"large":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/HOT-MILK_Still-2.jpeg","large-width":1920,"large-height":1281,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/HOT-MILK_Still-2-1536x1025.jpeg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":1025,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/HOT-MILK_Still-2.jpeg","2048x2048-width":1920,"2048x2048-height":1281,"trp-custom-language-flag":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/HOT-MILK_Still-2.jpeg","trp-custom-language-flag-width":18,"trp-custom-language-flag-height":12,"wpvr_mobile":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/HOT-MILK_Still-2.jpeg","wpvr_mobile-width":1920,"wpvr_mobile-height":1281}}],"settings":{"fit_width":"10","caption":"Image Courtesy of MUBI."}},{"acf_fc_layout":"text_area","text_area":"

BB: It\u2019s such a psychoanalytically intense and rich story. The contradiction between deep love and the desire to break free really stood out to me. Sofia clearly loves her mother, but she also feels the need to escape the emotional hold. In some ways, she does. For example, in the scene where she throws the dishes to the ground and suddenly the mother gets up. That felt like a turning point for me. It is the moment when we begin to understand more about the reasons behind the mother\u2019s condition which is psychosomatic and deeply unconscious.<\/p>\n

RL: I suppose that links to the end, where your hope is that the shock will ignite the mother into action. But yeah, it\u2019s a real condition, where people can\u2019t walk, but sometimes they can walk. It comes from trauma. Rose has this trauma in her body, and she hasn\u2019t got over it. She\u2019s in denial about her background. And so it\u2019s very complicated, but it\u2019s not fake. You know, the pain is real. And also the condition is real, although she also has the ability to move her legs like at night-time, while sleeping. So her legs move and therefore her muscles don\u2019t die. But her psyche is stopping her from walking.<\/p>\n

BB: The physician in the film seems to understand this and, at one point, is almost cruel in bringing Rose face-to-face with her past. I\u2019m not sure if something like this is actually possible\u2014combining physical and psychological treatment. I wonder if this kind of treatment\u00a0 really exists.<\/p>\n

RL: In the book, he\u2019s a bit more mysterious. But Vincent Perez, who played G\u00f3mez, had met a real healer. He played some of the real healer that he had met. And so that\u2019s fascinating for him to bring that into his performance. The Physician is genuine in the film. He wants to help, and it\u2019s through what we call the talking therapy, you know, where you talk someone well. But Rose doesn\u2019t realise that. She just says, \u201cWhy would you pay thousands of pounds for a chat?\u201d You know, because she can\u2019t really recognise the depth of it.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"images","gallery":[{"ID":122012,"id":122012,"title":"HOT MILK_Still 4","filename":"HOT-MILK_Still-4.jpg","filesize":411701,"url":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/HOT-MILK_Still-4.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/article\/hot-milk-a-conversation-with-rebecca-lenkiewicz\/hot-milk_still-4\/","alt":"","author":"1","description":"","caption":"","name":"hot-milk_still-4","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":122009,"date":"2025-07-03 11:12:24","modified":"2025-07-03 11:12:24","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1920,"height":1281,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/HOT-MILK_Still-4.jpg","thumbnail-width":128,"thumbnail-height":85,"medium":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/HOT-MILK_Still-4.jpg","medium-width":1920,"medium-height":1281,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/HOT-MILK_Still-4.jpg","medium_large-width":1920,"medium_large-height":1281,"large":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/HOT-MILK_Still-4.jpg","large-width":1920,"large-height":1281,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/HOT-MILK_Still-4-1536x1025.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":1025,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/HOT-MILK_Still-4.jpg","2048x2048-width":1920,"2048x2048-height":1281,"trp-custom-language-flag":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/HOT-MILK_Still-4.jpg","trp-custom-language-flag-width":18,"trp-custom-language-flag-height":12,"wpvr_mobile":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/HOT-MILK_Still-4.jpg","wpvr_mobile-width":1920,"wpvr_mobile-height":1281}}],"settings":{"fit_width":"10","caption":"Image Courtesy of MUBI."}},{"acf_fc_layout":"text_area","text_area":"

BB: Regarding Sofia\u2019s relationship with Ingrid, played by Vicky Krieps, do you think this relationship helps Sofia break free in some way? I wasn\u2019t sure if Sofia was exploring her sexuality through this, or if she already knew about her homosexuality. However, I think that is irrelevant at this point. For me, the relationship feels like it frees Sofia from everything else she is dealing with.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

RL: I think it does. I think it\u2019s the invitation to explore a different aspect of herself. Sofia falls very quickly for Ingrid, and it\u2019s a need to be with this epic, seemingly fantastic, free woman, who is actually trapped in herself. You know, so everyone is a bit trapped in different ways. But yeah, I think it\u2019s what helps Sofia to break away.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

BB: Maybe towards the second or third act, or even later, I had the impression that\u00a0 also Ingrid was leaning on Sofia emotionally.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

RL: Yes, both the mother and the lover weighed down on Sofia, but fantastically, her response was not to become a victim and look down. She stands up and she roars. You know, she roars at her mother and she defies Ingrid. She says, \u201cI\u2019m not the things that you say I am.\u201d So that thing when you\u2019re younger and people tell you, \u201cYou\u2019re this\u201d or \u201cYou\u2019re that,\u201d and you kind of go with them, they have a hold over you. But quite at a young age, Sofia is saying, \u201cI\u2019m not the things you\u2019ve said, love. Even though I\u2019m in love with you, I\u2019m not what you\u2019ve seen. I\u2019m different. I\u2019m not that.\u201d And so she has a strength. At the start, you can feel it, but actually, you kind of chart it through the film, through different obstacles. It\u2019s almost like a mission, she has to meet a lover, see her father, and test her mother. And if she can get to the end of that challenge, she\u2019ll be okay. So she goes into the night, and she\u2019s not cured of all the burden. It\u2019s not like their relationship is perfect now, but something has happened, something\u2019s shifted.<\/span><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"images","gallery":[{"ID":122017,"id":122017,"title":"HOT MILK_Still 5","filename":"HOT-MILK_Still-5-1.jpg","filesize":822245,"url":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/HOT-MILK_Still-5-1.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/article\/hot-milk-a-conversation-with-rebecca-lenkiewicz\/hot-milk_still-5-2\/","alt":"","author":"1","description":"","caption":"","name":"hot-milk_still-5-2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":122009,"date":"2025-07-03 11:14:28","modified":"2025-07-03 11:14:28","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1920,"height":1281,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/HOT-MILK_Still-5-1.jpg","thumbnail-width":128,"thumbnail-height":85,"medium":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/HOT-MILK_Still-5-1.jpg","medium-width":1920,"medium-height":1281,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/HOT-MILK_Still-5-1.jpg","medium_large-width":1920,"medium_large-height":1281,"large":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/HOT-MILK_Still-5-1.jpg","large-width":1920,"large-height":1281,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/HOT-MILK_Still-5-1-1536x1025.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":1025,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/HOT-MILK_Still-5-1.jpg","2048x2048-width":1920,"2048x2048-height":1281,"trp-custom-language-flag":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/HOT-MILK_Still-5-1.jpg","trp-custom-language-flag-width":18,"trp-custom-language-flag-height":12,"wpvr_mobile":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/HOT-MILK_Still-5-1.jpg","wpvr_mobile-width":1920,"wpvr_mobile-height":1281}}],"settings":{"fit_width":"10","caption":"Image Courtesy of MUBI."}},{"acf_fc_layout":"text_area","text_area":"

BB: That\u2019s a powerful transformation. But I was also thinking about how many young people don\u2019t reach that point, who stay stuck, internalizing what others tell them they are.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

RL: This is very much about freedom and choice. I think those things are being limited for women now. You know, we came so far with feminism and now it\u2019s going backwards. In America, it\u2019s going backwards in different places. So, Sofia\u2019s freedom is everything, and that\u2019s what she\u2019s fighting for.<\/span><\/p>\n

BB: You can really feel her growth throughout the film. And the performances, the storytelling, I thought they were incredible. I just wanted to ask: there was this recurring symbol I wasn\u2019t quite sure I fully understood… the jellyfish. What does it represent for you?<\/span><\/p>\n

RL: The jellyfish stings Sofia into life. You know, a jellyfish is an animal that doesn\u2019t have a heart and it doesn\u2019t have a brain. It\u2019s all appetite. So this creature just has an appetite and it creeps on her. And I think in a way, it ignites her. Then she goes in a second time. That\u2019s the interesting thing. I mean, to be stung once is something, but then to go swimming again. It\u2019s almost like self-flagellation. In a way, she\u2019s almost inviting pain, but by the end, she\u2019s inviting freedom.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s sensual and painful, but it\u2019s there. It\u2019s like, \u201cI\u2019m alive.\u201d A very strange and painful equation, but it\u2019s true.<\/span><\/p>\n

BB: How did you decide to take up the director\u2019s hat for this story? Like, what was so appealing to you?<\/span><\/p>\n

RL: I just loved the book. I thought that I had a lot to give to it because I\u2019ve lived through my 20s, my 30s, I\u2019m about to go into my 60s. This is kind of every woman\u2019s story. And I love psychology. I wanted the sensuality in the film to be right, to be free, nuanced and muscular. So that\u2019s why I decided.<\/span><\/p>\n"}]},"yoast_head":"\nHot Milk: A Conversation with Rebecca Lenkiewicz - Sleek Magazine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Hot Milk: A Conversation with Rebecca Lenkiewicz. 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