Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson’s ‘Die My Love’ Drops Intense First-Look Teaser

Things go from bad to worse for a presumably happy couple played by Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson in the first-look trailer for the new psychological thriller Die My Love, released by Mubi on September 5.

Set to the tune of “The Clapping Song” by Shirley Ellis, the clip opens with Grace (Lawrence) and her husband Jackson (Pattinson) sharing a kiss while crawling through a field of grass. Then, we see the pair laughing and smiling in the kitchen of their home. After Jackson kisses her and walks away, Grace stands there in silence with a nonchalant expression on her face before slumping over, almost as if in defeat. What comes next is a sequence of startling events, from Grace and Jackson yelling at each other to one of their characters carrying a knife outside their house. LaKeith Standfield, Nick Nolte and Sissy Spacek round out the ensemble cast. Watch the trailer below.

Here’s the full synopsis for Die My Love:

Die My Love centers on Grace (Lawrence) and Jackson (Pattinson), a loving couple who leave New York for an inherited home in the country. After welcoming a baby, Grace begins to mentally unravel and finds herself empowered in unexpected ways

Die My Love debuted at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year. Lynne Ramsay, known for the 2017 crime thriller You Were Never Really Here, directed the film from a script she co-wrote with Alice Birch, which is based on Ariana Harwicz’s 2012 novel of the same name. Jennifer Lawrence serves as a producer alongside Martin Scorsese, Andrea Calderwood, Justine Ciarrocchi, Thad Luckinbill, Trent Luckinbill and Molly Smith.

Jennifer Lawrence’s Performance in ‘Die My Love’ Is Already Generating Oscar Buzz

Following Die My Love‘s Cannes debut, critics praised Lawrence’s “astonishing” and “uninhibited” portrayal of a first-time mom battling postpartum depression, leading some to believe that she could take home an Academy Award. As many will recall, Lawrence won her first Oscar for her performance as Tiffany Maxwell in 2012’s Silver Linings Playbook, taking home the Academy Award for Best Actress at the 2013 ceremony. Is it possible that Jennifer Lawrence could take home her second Oscar for Die My Love? We’ll just have to wait and see; fortunately, awards season is right around the corner.

While attending the Cannes afterparty (hosted by The Hollywood Reporter) earlier this year, Lawrence spoke to the publication and shared how becoming a mother of two has changed her viewpoint on acting. As she said:

“It changes your whole life, but it’s brutal and incredible. I didn’t know that I could feel so much, and my job has a lot to do with emotion, and they’ve opened up the world to me. It’s almost like a blister or something, so sensitive. So they’ve changed my life, obviously, for the best, and they’ve changed me.”