It’s been eight years since audiences got to experience Lynne Ramsay‘s singular vision in a feature film, but her new movie “Die My Love” will arrive in theaters just in time for awards season.
The drama is set in rural Montana. Jennifer Lawrence plays a woman having serious trouble adjusting to motherhood. Robert Pattinson is her not-always-helpful husband in this intense psychological drama. Sissy Spacek, Nick Nolte and LaKeith Stanfield also star.
“Die My Love” premiered in competition at Cannes Film Festival back in May. Distributor and streaming service Mubi bought distribution for the film in a major deal totaling $24 million, landing rights for North America and various international territories. That acquisition came a year after Mubi bought “The Substance” ahead of its Cannes premiere, before turning the horror movie into a major awards player. Intriguingly, the teaser for “Die, My Love” name-checks “the studio behind ‘The Substance’” as well as producer Martin Scorsese.
In Variety’s review of “Die My Love,” chief film critic Owen Gleiberman described a scene in which Lawrence breaks down while Toni Basil’s “Mickey” is playing, writing “Ramsay has a lavish gift for staging that sort of baroque rock ‘n’ roll breakdown.”
Is it post-partum depression? Psychosis? Or borderline personality disorder? Audiences might not get a precise psychological explanation for Lawrence’s behavior, but they’re sure to get a vivid portrait of a wife and mother under pressure.
Ramsay’s last feature was the 2017 premiere “You Were Never Really Here,” for which Joaquin Phoenix won best actor in Cannes and Ramsay’s screenplay tied with Yorgos Lanthimos’ “Killing of a Sacred Deer” at the fest.
“Die My Love” opens in theaters on Nov. 7. Watch the trailer below.