Overview
- Winslet and 21-year-old Anders walked the red carpet at Curzon Mayfair on December 3 to launch the Christmas‑set family drama.
- Helen Mirren portrays the hospitalized matriarch, with Winslet, Toni Collette, Andrea Riseborough and Johnny Flynn as adult children alongside Timothy Spall and Stephen Merchant.
- Winslet said the film aims for authenticity and focuses on the life of those left behind, noting the story is fictional though emotionally rooted in her family’s loss.
- Anders wrote the script at 19 and is the son of filmmaker Sam Mendes; Winslet decided to direct to keep him actively involved throughout production.
- The film opens in select UK and US cinemas on December 12 and streams globally on Netflix starting December 24.