JJennifer Lawrence Blows People Away At Cannes
Jennifer Lawrence has been wowing audiences in the new Die, My Love, which premieres for the critics at the 78th Cannes Film Festival and the Scottish filmmaker Lynne Ramsay did not shy to extol her gory presence. Premiering before a capacity crowd, the film sparked immediate Oscar buzz and plaudits for Lawrence’s intensely emotional performance as a mother struggling with postpartum depression.
In the movie, Jennifer Lawrence stars as Grace, a woman torn between the harsh truths of motherhood, isolation and mental health. The film centers on Grace and her husband (Robert Pattinson), who move into a bucolic home with their newborn, only for their lives to begin unraveling in terrifying and unexpected ways. 
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Based on the novel by Ariana Harwicz, Die, My Love is a visceral, psychologically compelling drama that delves deep into the hellish experiences of post-natal depression. The new mother Lawrence herself confessed during a press event that the role hit close to home.
“There’s nothing like postpartum. It’s so isolating,” Lawrence said. “Extreme anxiety and depression it make you feel like an alien.” Her performance is being widely hailed as her rawest, most vulnerable one yet, and it could easily land her a fifth Oscar nomination.
The film has already caused a stir at the festival, selling for a hefty $24 million to the distributor Mubi, in one of the festival’s biggest deals in 2025, Cannes.
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The Cannes Film Festival this year could signal the launch of Lawrence’s Oscar campaign. She has been previously nominated four times, winning Best Actress for Silver Linings Playbook in 2013. Given the emotional heft and complexity of Die, My Love, many people think she’s ready for another nomination.
“It’s definitely changed her emotional depth as an actor,” Lawrence said of what it has done for Poehler to become a mother. “If you want to be an actor, I definitely recommend having kids,” she joked. “Creatively, personally it blows everything open,” he said. Robert Pattinson, who also recently leaped into fatherhood, agreed with her on the topic of inspiration and energy, calling parenthood “the biggest trove of energy and inspiration.”
