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‘Die My Love’: Madness and motherhood in America

Lynne Ramsay’s new film is sure to transport viewers far from the familiar extremes of Beirut.

‘Die My Love’: Madness and motherhood in America

Jennifer Lawrence and Kennedy/Victoria Calderwood in a still from "Die My Love." (©MUBI Credit: Kimberley French)

BEIRUT — After a nocturnal breastfeeding, a young mother wanders into her study, where she hasn’t been writing a book.She dips a fountain pen into an inkwell and splatters black drops onto a blank page.In the exertion, milk from her still-exposed breast lactates onto the paper, mingling with the ink. Another film review from Jim ‘Dead Dog’ and the music of a romance gone silent “Die My Love,” the 2025 film by Scots-born director Lynne Ramsay, tells the story of a passionate young couple who settle in the American Midwest, have a baby, then go insane.It unfolds from the perspective of Grace (Jennifer Lawrence) and her spectacular slide into madness takes center stage, but there’s plenty of erratic behavior to go around.Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson in a still from "Die My Love." (©MUBI Credit Seamus McGarvey) The...
BEIRUT — After a nocturnal breastfeeding, a young mother wanders into her study, where she hasn’t been writing a book.She dips a fountain pen into an inkwell and splatters black drops onto a blank page.In the exertion, milk from her still-exposed breast lactates onto the paper, mingling with the ink. Another film review from Jim ‘Dead Dog’ and the music of a romance gone silent “Die My Love,” the 2025 film by Scots-born director Lynne Ramsay, tells the story of a passionate young couple who settle in the American Midwest, have a baby, then go insane.It unfolds from the perspective of Grace (Jennifer Lawrence) and her spectacular slide into madness takes center stage, but there’s plenty of erratic behavior to go around.Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson in a still from "Die My Love." (©MUBI Credit Seamus...
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