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Daniel Day-Lewis' comeback to the big screen is a special one as he unites with his son Ronan Day-Lewis for the psychological thriller Anemone. Lewis' first project in eight years, the film stars the actor as a hermit who has been away from home for years, and is asked to return by his brother, played by Sean Bean.
For the Lewises, the collaboration is their first big project on the big screen, but follows a slew of different things they have worked on together in the past. Speaking to Variety, the actor reveals how Anemone is just an extension of their previous projects, as he opens up on what it's like to be directed by his son.
As the outlet reported, Daniel Day-Lewis quipped,
“Over the years, since Ronan was very, very small, we’ve worked on a lot of different things together. There was always a great ease in each other’s company, and this was really an extension of that. It was just a bigger toy box to play in.”
As for his son Ronan, the director who is making his debut with Anemone told Variety that the experience was "very intuitive". He further adds,
“We fell into a rhythm early on. It was a real sense of play and freedom.”
Apart from directing the film, Ronan Day-Lewis has also written the script alongside his father, who will be seen on-screen for the first time since Phantom Thread.
More details about Daniel Day-Lewis' Anemone
Anemone premiered at the 2025 New York Film Festival on September 28, before being released theatrically on October 3 via Focus Features. The film slowly expanded nationwide, inviting audiences into it's dark and unsettling world.
The film follows Jem Stoker, played by Sean Bean who travels to the countryside to try and convince his estranged brother Ray, played by Daniel Day-Lewis, to return home. A self-imposed hermit, Ray leads the story as his arc as a portrait of isolation, grief and brotherhood unfolds. Joining Bean and Day-Lewis are Samantha Morton, Samuel Bottomley and Safia Oakley-Green who star as the rest of the Stoker family.
Production for Anemone started in October 2024 in Manchester, England, with Jane Petrie working on the film's costumes and Chris Oddy as the set designer. Not everything went smoothly,though, as filming in Chester’s Handbridge district was briefly stalled when traffic wardens ticketed several 1980s prop cars parked illegally, citing denied road closure permissions.
The film's score is by Bobby Krlic, who drapes the film in uneasy, elegiac tones. As of now, the film has drawn mixed critical reactions. The screenplay has been accused of restraint to a fault, but the visuals and performances, especially Daniel Day-Lewis’s, have been near-universally praised.
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