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Anemone’ Rolls Out in Italy and UK as Critics Fault Style and Pacing, Praise Day‑Lewis

Fresh reviews spotlight an austere style, sluggish pacing, standout monologues.

Overview

  • Daniel Day-Lewis returns after eight years in his son Ronan Day-Lewis’s feature debut, co-written by the pair.
  • The film opens in Italy on 6 November and in the UK on 7 November via Universal Pictures International.
  • Reviews describe a dour, over-stylised drama with disjointed storytelling, while highlighting Day-Lewis’s extended monologues as the clear high points.
  • Day-Lewis plays a reclusive former British soldier visited by his brother, with the principal cast also featuring Sean Bean, Samantha Morton and Samuel Bottomley.
  • Premiered at the New York Film Festival, screened at the BFI and awarded Best First Film in Rome’s Alice nella Città, the title features a Bobby Krlić score and Ben Fordesman’s cinematography, and was produced by Granada, Absinthe, Focus Features and Plan B.