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 Daniel Day-Lewis returns from his second acting retirement in Anemone, which, not coincidentally, is the feature debut of director Ronan Day-Lewis, the actor's son. The two co-wrote the script, giving the father a highly enigmatic character and the son ample scope to create a melancholic atmosphere. These are more polite ways of saying that, at the plot level, the film is superficial at its core. It's an exercise in obfuscation through eloquent pauses, characters who often don't say what they want or need to say until much later, and so many hints at deeper ideas about guilt and trauma that one might be mistaken for believing the film actually has anything to say about them. Director: Ronan Day-Lewis Writers: Daniel Day-Lewis, Ronan Day-Lewis Stars: Sean Bean, Samuel Bottomley, Lewis Ian Bray We'll start with the dramatic pauses, because the film's introduction is essentially lengthy. In silence, we meet two men: one named Ray (Day-Lewis), who lives in a shack in t...