Kate Winslet’s new Netflix movie will likely make you cry this Christmas season.
Winslet is best known for playing Rose in James Cameron’s Titanic. She portrays the character of Ronal in Cameron’s Avatar movies, the most recent of which is now playing in United States theaters, while she also recently starred in the 2024 HBO Max miniseries The Regime.
Why will you cry watching Kate Winslet’s new Netflix movie?
Winslet is making her feature film directorial debut with Goodbye June, which is now available to stream on Netflix. Written by Winslet’s son Joe Anders, the movie tells the emotional journey of a family having to confront their differences after the matriarch, played by Helen Mirren, is diagnosed with terminal cancer. Goodbye June is also set in December, meaning the whole thing takes place around Christmastime.
“The film takes place just before Christmas, when an unexpected turn in their mother’s health thrusts four adult siblings and their exasperating father into chaos as they navigate messy family dynamics in the face of potential loss,” the official synopsis for the movie reads. “But their quick-witted mother, June, orchestrates her decline on her own terms — with biting humour, blunt honesty, and a lot of love.”
Winslet also stars in the movie alongside Mirren, while the cast further includes Toni Collette, Andrea Riseborough, Johnny Flynn, Timothy Spall, and more.
Winslet said about the movie, via Netflix Tudum, “It’s about the human condition. I hope that people will recognize themselves in the characters. It’s a film about family. Some of our most complicated relationships in life are with the people we love the most in the world, the people we are closest to, the people we need the most for support and care. In the UK, we struggle when talking about death. The power of a good goodbye is to remember to love each other in the present.”
Goodbye June is now available to stream on Netflix.
