Hot Milk

When Rose and her daughter Sofia travel to the Spanish seaside town of Almería to consult the shamanic Dr. Gomez, they hope for a cure to Rose’s mystery illness that has left her increasingly weak and dependent. The film follows their uneasy odyssey through sun-bleached landscapes and quiet villages, where folk rituals and modern medicine collide. Dr. Gomez’s unorthodox methods force both women to confront long-buried resentments, shifting roles, and the fragile balance between care and control.

Intimate and quietly unsettling, the story explores the limits of love, the cost of caretaking, and the yearning for autonomy. Tender performances and atmospheric visuals create a mood that alternates between hope and skepticism, asking whether healing is a single remedy or a slow reclamation of self. In the end, the journey yields no neat answers but a deeper reckoning with trust, guilt, and the small gestures that make life bearable.