Kate Winslet, Toni Collette and Andrea Riseborough on Goodbye June and [SPOILER]

Описание: (Editor’s Note: The following contains spoilers for ‘Goodbye June’)

Whether it’s Home Alone or It’s a Wonderful Life, every family has a Christmas movie in their holiday rotation. From the fun ones everyone quotes to the cozy time capsules you fall asleep to, there’s always something for everyone. Thankfully, Netflix’s latest holiday film, Goodbye June, is about to make its way to that list with something brilliant and quietly devastating. Arriving on the streamer Christmas Eve, the nearly two-hour holiday drama is also actor Kate Winslet’s directorial debut. From the story (written by her son, Joe Anders) and framework itself, it’s immediately clear that Winslet’s not interested in safe choices.

In an interview with Collider, Winslet — alongside her co-stars, Toni Collette and Andrea Riseborough — dug into the film’s emotional pressure points, including the sister dynamic that sits at the heart of it all. As a film is far from the glossy look of the festive season, Goodbye June follows four adult siblings (Winslet, Collette, Riseborough, and Johnny Flynn) and their exasperating father (Timothy Spall) after an unexpected turn in their mother, June’s (Helen Mirren) health sends her to the hospital.

Leaving the family holed up in the same tight space right before Christmas, the family drama is funny and sharp, but also bruisingly familiar in how it captures grief and sibling dynamics. It’s why Goodbye June’s most defining moment isn’t some big speech or perfect reconciliation. Instead, it’s the sister-to-sister confrontation that finally snaps everything into focus. As Riseborough explains to Collider, “There’s one scene in the film… that’s kind of the kernel of their relationship, where everything sort of unravels.”

But while that confrontation might feel like an emotional breaking point, Winslet makes sure her directorial feature still holds something back. Deliberately patient with the film’s final beat, the drama saves its most brutal moment for the image that follows June’s death — the quiet snowfall that closes the film. It’s an ending, Winslet says, “was always in the script.”

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