Die, My Love, one of the most hotly anticipated sales titles in competition at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, had its world premiere at the Grand Théâtre Lumière on Saturday night, and garnered a six-minute standing ovation.
The film, an adaptation of Ariana Harwicz’s 2017 novel of the same name — with the action relocated from France to Montana — was co-written and directed by art-house darling Lynne Ramsay and was co-produced by and stars Oscar winner Jennifer Lawrence in her most ambitious performance in years.
In the genre-blending two-hour film, Lawrence plays a new mother who develops postpartum depression and begins going in and out of psychosis. Robert Pattinson plays her husband; Oscar winner Sissy Spacek and Oscar nominee Nick Nolte play his parents; and Oscar nominee LaKeith Stanfield also stars.
It all began when Lawrence sent the book to Ramsay, hoping for a collaboration, back in 2022. Ramsay signed on and wrote a script with Alice Birch and Enda Walsh. Filming was set to begin in 2023, but was delayed by the dual Hollywood strikes.
Die, My Love was produced by Lawrence and Justine Ciarrocchi, her partner at Excellent Cadaver; Black Label Media, a partnership of Molly Smith, Thad Luckinbill and Trent Luckinbill; Andrea Calderwood; and Martin Scorsese of Sikelia Productions.
The film did not screen for buyers before its premiere.