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There is something undeniably electric about Lynne Ramsay’s Die My Love. Her first film in almost 10 years, Die My Love stars Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson as a young couple, Grace and Jackson, who move to rural Montana to raise their newborn son. Grace develops postpartum depression, which, as a result of her rural isolation and Jackson’s long absences for work, evolves into psychosis.
To talk about this film, one must talk about Lawrence and Pattinson’s performances. They are both magnificent, turning in performances that are absolutely career bests. Lawrence is a force of nature. She is heartbreaking as Grace, finding the emotional core of a character who feels larger than life. While there might be moments in her performance that, out of context, appear to be over the top or excessive, none of it is. She is capturing a character who feels as though her life is crumbling around her, who feels unmoored, and does so beautifully. Pattinson is also fantastic, making Jackson a character that the audience can hate and love in equal measure, as the narrative needs. The pair’s chemistry is excellent, making the audience feel as though we are watching a couple who have been together for years. LaKeith Stanfeild and Sissy Spacek are also great in their supporting roles as a biker who wants Grace’s dreams and Jackson’s mother, respectively.
Ramsay, who audiences may be familiar with from her previous works like We Need to Talk About Kevin and You Were Never Really Here, depicts postpartum depression with unimaginable care. While the film might depict postpartum depression with a focus on abstract surrealism over strict realism, it is undeniably true to the disorder’s emotional truth. Ramsay’s film is wonderfully transgressive, working to both empower mothers who struggle postpartum and condemn the societal expectations that place undue pressure on mothers post-pregnancy. Her cinematography feels simultaneously warm and inviting and cold and isolating, mirroring the central tension of postpartum depression, the clash of the expectation of maternal warmth and the reality of cognitive dissonance.
Overall, Die My Love is an incredible film that will likely make many mothers feel seen and represented, and make others more seriously consider the role that we societally force mothers into.
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