Lynne Ramsay Reflects on Editing ‘Die My Love’
Lynne Ramsay, director of Die My Love, has continued refining the film since its premiere at Cannes, shaping it chiefly in her mind.
Ramsay’s Cannes History
Ramsay has showcased all of her films at Cannes, each a confrontational exploration of fractured psyches centered on a solitary character.
- Her 1999 debut, Ratcatcher, follows a poor Glasgow boy marked by tragedy and connected inexplicably to a mysterious canal.
- Morvern Callar features Samantha Morton as a woman who claims authorship of her deceased boyfriend’s manuscript after dismembering and hiding him in the Scottish highlands.
- We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011) is a controversial drama focusing on the psychological devastation of a mother, played by Tilda Swinton, after her son commits a school shooting with a bow and arrow.
- Her 2017 film You Were Never Really Here, starring Joaquin Phoenix as a mercenary with PTSD, won the Best Screenplay award at Cannes.
Reception of ‘Die My Love’ at Cannes 2025
The director’s first film in eight years, Die My Love, sparked mixed reactions along the Croisette in May, generating divisive aftershocks within the festival audience.
“We Need to Talk About Kevin became one of 2011’s most controversial films, dousing us in the mental wreckage of a woman after her son shoots up his school with a bow and arrow.”
Ramsay remains engaged in the editing process, indicating that her work on the film extends beyond what audiences have seen so far.
Summary
Lynne Ramsay’s films consistently explore deep psychological fractures through intimate storytelling, and even after Cannes, she continues refining Die My Love.
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