"This impressive second feature from Italian-Australian Parish Malfitano extends the promise of his striking debut, Bloodshot Heart (2020). We are plunged into an eerily stylised, dreamlike play of metamorphic identities – this time, situated in an all-female community of family and friends. Love and hate, good and evil, death and birth, threat and redemption: everything floats mysteriously in this film that mixes horror elements (witchery, spirit possession, exorcism) with sheer cinematic poetry. With remarkable contributions by cinematographer Susan Lumsdon and composer Ola Turkiewicz – and an outstanding, multi-character performance by Dina Panozzo – Salt Along the Tongue is another independently produced gem from the contemporary Australian scene."

—Adrian Martin