Overview
- Winslet makes her directing debut on Goodbye June, adapted from a screenplay her son Joe Anders first wrote for a class assignment, which he initially resisted turning into a film.
- Helen Mirren agreed to play the ailing matriarch after telling Winslet she avoids roles involving dementia or dying, later emailing to say she would make an exception.
- Winslet says the ensemble came from a shared wishlist that accepted offers, including Toni Collette, Andrea Riseborough, Johnny Flynn and Timothy Spall.
- The drama is set at Christmastime and follows four adult siblings and their father confronting family tensions during their mother's health crisis, per the official synopsis.
- Winslet has described directing as emotionally taxing due in part to the loss of her mother in 2017, and the film opens in limited theaters Dec. 12 before streaming on Netflix Dec. 24.