Jennifer Lawrence returns to her darker roots for “Die, My Love,” Lynne Ramsay‘s first film in seven years. Check out a first-look image above.
The thriller is based on Ariana Harwicz’s 2017 novel, which centers on a woman (Lawrence) ravaged at the crossroads between love and madness.
Robert Pattinson plays Lawrence’s onscreen husband, with LaKeith Stanfield cast as her lover. Sissy Spacek and Nick Nolte also co-star.
Ramsay returns to directing for her first feature since 2017’s “You Were Never Really Here.” Ramsay previously teased “Die, My Love” during the 2023 Sarajevo Film Festival, emphasizing the movie’s divergences from the novel. In contrast, the book was about a woman in a secluded French village who grapples with extreme mental health problems after giving birth. Ramsay has taken liberties with source material before, with “You Were Never Really Here” adapted from a Jonathan Ames novella and “We Need to Talk About Kevin” from a book by Lionel Shriver.
“[Lawrence] just really responded to the material, which is hardcore in some ways, because it’s about postnatal depression and bipolar [disorder],” Ramsay said. “But it’s funny as well. Well, I’ve made it funny. I think I’ve made it funny. I hope I’ve made it funny.”
Ramsay and Enda Walsh wrote the script. Lead star Lawrence produces the film through her Excellent Cadaver with Justine Ciarrocchi. Martin Scorsese also produces, along with Andrea Calderwood and Black Label Media, which also served as the project’s financier. On “Die, My Love,” Ramsay reunites with her “We Need to Talk About Kevin” DP Seamus McGarvey.
Ramsay previously directed “Ratcatcher,” “We Need to Talk About Kevin,” and “Morvern Callar.” Her contract-killer thriller “You Were Never Really Here,” starring Joaquin Phoenix, won the Cannes Best Screenplay award in 2017. Ramsay was rumored to reunite with Phoenix for a film called “Polaris” that hasn’t come to fruition so far. The director has hit starts and stops on a number of projects, including a planned adaptation of Stephen King’s “The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon.” She was meant to direct 2015’s “Jane Got a Gun,” but set issues led to Gavin O’Connor eventually taking the reins.
Deadline broke the first look at “Die, My Love.” “It’s impossible to convey what it’s like to witness Lynne Ramsay make art,” a statement from Excellent Cadaver. “She’s one of one.”
In addition to “Die, My Love,” Lawrence will also star in two A24 features: a graphic novel adaptation titled “Why Don’t You Love Me?” and the “Real Housewives”-inspired murder mystery “The Wives.”
“On Becoming a God in Central Florida” screenwriter Robert Funke pens “Why Don’t You Love Me?” Meanwhile, “The Wives” will be produced by Jeremy O. Harris (“Zola,” “Slave Play”). Lawrence is producing both projects through her Excellent Cadaver production banner.
