Anemone

Anemone

October 10, 2025
All is not forgiven.

Details About the Film

Three-time Oscar winner Daniel Day-Lewis returns to the screen for the first time in 8 years in this gripping family drama exploring the aftermath of political and personal violence. In Northern England, a middle-aged man (Sean Bean) leaves his suburban home to venture into the woods to visit his estranged hermit brother (Day-Lewis). Co-written by Day-Lewis with his son Ronan Day-Lewis in his directorial debut, Anemone is an emotional film about the ties between brothers, fathers, and sons.

Rating:
R
Director(s): Ronan Day-Lewis
Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Sean Bean, Samantha Morton, Samuel Bottomley
Year Released: 2025
Runtime: 126 minutes
Country: United Kingdom, United States
Language(s): English
Content Warning(s): Photosensitive Epilepsy Seizure Warning
Accessibility Options: ListenTech (Hearing Impaired / Personal Amplified Audio Receiver w/optional T-Coil loop)CaptiView (Hearing Impaired / Personal Closed-Caption Device)Fidelio (Visually Impaired / Personal Descriptive Audio Device with optional T-Coil loop)

Film Reviews

"It’s the work of a young filmmaker. But it’s also very much the work of a genuine filmmaker, bursting with creativity and refining their vision in real time. To quote another member of this cineaste’s clan: Attention must be paid."

–David Fear, Rolling Stone

"“Anemone” is overwhelming in its presence, unmistakable in its promise, and marks Ronan Day-Lewis as a filmmaker unafraid to wade into subjects—violence, faith, masculinity, and generational scars—that continue to shape and scar."

–Rodrigo Perez, The Playlist

"In his feature-directing debut, the younger Day-Lewis gives the dense Irish woodlands a claustrophobic majesty and elicits a furiously magnetic performance from his father. That the performance feels bigger than the film that contains it hardly matters." 

–Bob Mondello, NPR

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