Kate Winslet’s son Joe has opened up about the family tragedy that inspired his mother’s tear-jerking new Netflix film. goodbye June.
The fictional story is about a dying mother and her family when she comes into palliative care in the days leading up to Christmas.
Joe Anders, 22, is part of a screenwriting course and the film was inspired by the death of his grandmother Kate’s mother when he was a teenager.
Joe said he ultimately wanted to write an ‘uplifting’ film that captured the complex emotions felt by his family.
He said of spending time with his grandmother in hospital: ‘I remember that feeling really hitting me.’
He remembered showing the script to his mother, he said Screen daily: ‘I just wanted to share it with you.
‘The fact that it’s actually been made is insane to me.’
Goodbye June’s official synopsis reads: ‘A husband and his four grown children navigate messy family dynamics when his wife’s health takes a turn for the worse during the Christmas season.’
The film also has an all star cast and features big names including Helen Mirren (June), Timothy Spall (Bernie) and Stephen Merchant (Jerry).
