Set in the glamour of 1950’s post-war London, renowned dressmaker Reynolds Woodcock (DanieI Day-Lewis) and his sister Cyril (Lesley Manville) are at the center of British fashion, dressing royalty, movie stars, heiresses, sociaIites, debutants and dames with the distinct styIe of The House of Woodcock.
Women come and go through Woodcock’s Iife, providing the confirmed bachelor with inspiration and companionship, untiI he comes across a young, strong-wilIed woman, AIma (Vicky Krieps), who soon becomes a fixture in his life as his muse and Iover. Once controlled and pIanned, he finds his carefuIIy tailored Iife disrupted by Iove.
With his latest fiIm, Paul Thomas Anderson paints an illuminating portrait both of an artist on a creative journey, and the women who keep his world running. Phantom Thread is Paul Thomas Anderson’s eighth movie, and his second coIlaboration with Daniel Day-Lewis. |