Jennifer Lawrence’s ‘Die, My Love’ Stuns Cannes, Sparks Oscar Talk/ Newslooks/ WASHINGTON/ J. Mansour/ Morning Edition/ Jennifer Lawrence delivered a deeply personal performance in Lynne Ramsay’s Die, My Love, earning rave reviews and sparking Oscar chatter at Cannes. The emotional psychodrama, which explores postpartum depression, was sold to Mubi for $24 million — the festival’s biggest deal. Lawrence, a mother of two, called the role creatively transformative.
Jennifer Lawrence Oscar Buzz: Quick Looks
- Lawrence plays a disturbed new mother unraveling in Ramsay’s psychological drama.
- Die, My Love premiered in competition for the Palme d’Or at Cannes.
- The film was acquired by Mubi for $24 million, Cannes’ biggest sale so far.
- Based on Ariana Harwicz’s 2017 novel, the film portrays a dark descent into psychosis.
- Lawrence drew from her own postpartum experience, saying it made the role deeply personal.
- Robert Pattinson co-stars as her husband in a volatile, unraveling marriage.
- Lawrence: “Extreme anxiety and depression are isolating, no matter where you are.”
- Ramsay’s direction blends hallucination, violence, and manic energy.
- Lawrence has been nominated four times for an Oscar and won in 2013.
- She joked motherhood gave her emotional “blisters” that made her more creatively raw.
Jennifer Lawrence’s ‘Die, My Love’ Stuns Cannes, Sparks Oscar Talk Again
Deep Look
Jennifer Lawrence Shines in ‘Die, My Love,’ Launching Oscar Momentum at Cannes
CANNES, France — At the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, Jennifer Lawrence lit up the Croisette with a performance that critics say could send her back to the Oscars.
In Lynne Ramsay’s Die, My Love, Lawrence stars as Grace, a young mother sinking into postpartum depression and emotional collapse after relocating with her husband (Robert Pattinson) to a remote countryside house. The result is a psychological slow-burn laced with surrealism, rage, and fragility — and a turn that’s considered one of Lawrence’s rawest and most vulnerable to date.
A Performance Rooted in Personal Truth
Lawrence, 34 and a mother of two, shared in a Cannes press conference that the role blurred fiction and reality:
“I had just had my firstborn, and there’s not really anything like postpartum,” she said. “It’s extremely isolating… Extreme anxiety and extreme depression is isolating, no matter where you are. You feel like an alien.”
Ramsay, known for You Were Never Really Here, brought her signature intensity to the screen, adapting Die, My Love from Ariana Harwicz’s critically acclaimed novel. The film throbs with primal emotion and surrealism, as Grace’s unraveling psyche makes it hard to distinguish reality from hallucination.
“It was a grind,” Lawrence added. “But also the most creatively fulfilling thing I’ve ever done.”
Major Deal, Major Buzz
The festival’s buzziest premiere so far turned into its biggest deal Sunday, when indie powerhouse Mubi acquired global rights for a reported $24 million. The distribution deal includes U.S., U.K., Latin America, and several European markets.
This puts Die, My Love on a direct path toward awards season, with Lawrence already leading early “Best Actress” predictions in Hollywood circles.
Pattinson and Parenthood
Robert Pattinson, who recently became a father with partner Suki Waterhouse, praised the experience of making the film and how parenthood changed his creative outlook.
“It gives you the biggest trove of energy and inspiration,” he said — to which Lawrence jokingly replied, “You get energy?!”
Their onscreen chemistry mirrors the film’s emotional dissonance: a couple pushed to the brink by the chaos of new parenthood and inner demons. Ramsay’s lens captures it all in hypnotic, sometimes harrowing fashion.
Lawrence’s New Chapter
This marks a new career high for Lawrence, who won her Oscar for Silver Linings Playbook and had taken a lower profile in recent years. With Die, My Love, she channels motherhood and personal growth into a role critics are calling “career-defining.”
“My job has a lot to do with emotion,” she said, “and [my children] have opened up the world to me… They’ve changed my life, and they’ve changed me creatively.”
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