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Daniel Day-Lewis Returns to the Screen in Anemone, Directed by His Son

The three-time Oscar winner uses a family partnership to explore a British soldier’s trauma from the Northern Ireland conflict.

Voilà 10 ans que Ray Stroker (Daniel Day-Lewis) s'est exilé au cœur d'une forêt reculée d'Angleterre.
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Daniel Day Lewis, à l'avant-première du film à New York, en septembre dernier.
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Overview

  • The film, released in cinemas Wednesday, marks his first screen role since 2018’s Phantom Thread.
  • He co-wrote the script and plays a reclusive former British soldier who struggles with memories of his service.
  • In interviews, he said he only takes roles that intrigue him and he spent recent years studying violin making at Boston’s North Bennet Street School.
  • He said he felt proud to work under Ronan Day-Lewis’s direction and that their closeness allowed unusual creative freedom.
  • He framed the story as an attempt to grasp the lives of working-class soldiers sent into Belfast rather than to take sides in a conflict marked by atrocities on all fronts.