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Daniel Day-Lewis Returns at NYFF, Calls Retirement a Mistake in Anemone Comeback

He frames his return as a chance to collaborate with his son Ronan on the director’s feature debut.

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Sean Bean, right, and Daniel Day-Lewis in “Anemone.”

Overview

  • Anemone had its world premiere at the New York Film Festival on Sept. 26, marking Day-Lewis’s first screen role since 2017’s Phantom Thread.
  • During a Q&A, he said he “made a f------ fool” of himself by announcing retirement and spoke about feeling ill at ease with the public side of acting.
  • Day-Lewis co-wrote the script with his 27-year-old son, Ronan Day-Lewis, who directs the film as his feature debut.
  • The drama co-stars Sean Bean and follows a reclusive man seeking a path through guilt and fractured family ties after an alleged wartime atrocity.
  • Focus Features will release the film in select U.S. theaters on Oct. 3 before a wider rollout on Oct. 10, with early coverage noting awards prospects for Day-Lewis.