Die My Love by Ariana Harwicz

Grab a copy of this psychological dark comedy-drama before it hits the big screen. Recently unvelied at Cannes, Die, My Love stars Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson, and is directed by Lynne Ramsey (We Need to Talk About Kevin, You Were Never Really Here).
 
In a forgotten patch of French countryside, a woman is battling her demons: embracing exclusion yet wanting to belong, craving freedom whilst feeling trapped, yearning for family life but wanting to burn the entire house down. Given surprising leeway by her family for her increasingly erratic behaviour, she nevertheless feels ever more stifled and repressed. Motherhood, womanhood, the banality of love, the terrors of desire, the brutality of ‘another person carrying your heart forever’: Die, My Love faces all this with a raw intensity.
 
It’s not a question of if a breaking point will be reached, but rather when, and how violent a form will it take? Bruising and confrontational, yet anchored in an unapologetic beauty and lyricism, Die, My Love is a unique reading experience that quickly becomes addictive.