The film had its world premiere in the main competition of the 78th Cannes Film Festival on May 17, 2025, where it received a six-minute long standing ovation. It is scheduled to be released in the United States on November 7, 2025.
Premise
Grace and Jackson, a young couple who move from New York City to Jackson’s rural childhood home in Montana in search of a quieter life. As they adjust to their new surroundings and become parents, Grace begins to struggle with feelings of isolation and psychological distress. Her deteriorating mental health gradually drives their marriage into unsettling and unpredictable territory. [1]
The film is an adaptation of Ariana Harwicz's 2017 novel Die, My Love. In 2020, Martin Scorsese sent the novel to Excellent Cadaver (run by Jennifer Lawrence and Justine Ciarrochi) after reading it in his book club, envisioning an adaptation with Lawrence in the lead role.[2] In November 2022, Lawrence confirmed she would star in the film, which Lynne Ramsay was co-writing with playwright Enda Walsh.[3] Ramsay became involved as director after Lawrence sent her the book.[4] Her first film since You Were Never Really Here (2017), Ramsay approached Walsh to write the first draft of the script and agreed to write the second and final draft.[5][6]Alice Birch also took part in co-writing the script.[6] In July 2024, Robert Pattinson was in talks to join the film, produced by Scorsese and Andrea Calderwood alongside the Excellent Cadaver team of Lawrence and Ciarrocchi.[7] In August, LaKeith Stanfield, Sissy Spacek, and Nick Nolte joined the cast.[8][9] The film is a thriller.[10] Ramsay and Pattinson have also described it as a dark comedy, with the former saying "it's my kind of comedy and love story, so it's going to be dark and fucked-up" and the latter calling it "hilarious".[4][11][12]
Filming was initially set for 2023 before being postponed due to the Hollywood strikes.[5] By April 2024, Ramsay and George Vjestica were writing music for Lawrence to record.[13] Unlike the book, which takes place in France, the film is set in the United States.[4] Production began in and around Calgary, Canada, on August 19, 2024, and wrapped on October 16.[14][15] Cinematographer Seamus McGarvey reunited with Ramsay after We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011). He shot the film in 35mm and 1.33:1 Academy ratio, inspired by Roman Polanski's Repulsion (1965) and Rosemary's Baby (1968).[16]:58:50[17] Pattinson related an anecdote about being extremely nervous for a dance sequence and being unable to convince Ramsay and Lawrence to cut or choreograph the scene.[18] He took dancing classes for the role.[12]
Release
In April 2025, the film secured a spot at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival. It premiered at the festival, in competition for the Palme d'Or, on May 17.[19] The recently launched 193 handled distribution sales.[6] Shortly after its Cannes premiere, Mubi acquired distribution rights to the film in North and Latin America, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, the Benelux, Turkey, India, Australia and New Zealand for $24 million, their largest acquisition to date, committing to a theatrical release for 45 days on 1,500 screens across the United States.[20][21] It is scheduled to be released in the United States of America on November 7, 2025.[22]
Many critics singled out Lawrence's performance, which Deadline Hollywood described as deserving of an Academy Award, and Ramsay's direction for praise.[25] Tim Grierson of Screen International declared Lawrence "the match that lights Lynne Ramsay's gripping, slow-burn fifth feature".[26] Nicholas Barber of BBC wrote that Lawrence "is better than ever".[27]Owen Gleiberman of Variety pointed out that Die My Love does not explore the experiences about the burdens of motherhood, observing that it is instead designed "as a kind of thesis movie: reckless on the surface but overdetermined".[28]
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