Overview
- Mubi releases the film in U.S. theaters on Nov. 7 following a Cannes premiere that fueled discussion of how cinema portrays postpartum illness.
- Lynne Ramsay frames the story as a fragmented, hallucinatory first-person experience that avoids a clear clinical diagnosis.
- Reviews highlight expressionistic craft choices, including Seamus McGarvey’s tight 1.33:1 cinematography, jagged editing, and unsettling music cues.
- Robert Pattinson co-stars as Jackson, with notable supporting turns from Sissy Spacek, LaKeith Stanfield, and Nick Nolte.
- The feature adapts Ariana Harwicz’s novel, with Ramsay developing the script alongside Enda Walsh and Alice Birch, and Martin Scorsese credited as an executive producer.