India, Dec. 26 -- Kate Winslet steps behind the camera for the first time with Goodbye June, a holiday-set family drama that arrives with prestige baked in. Written by her son Joe Anders, the film leans into the well-worn terrain of estranged relatives, unresolved wounds and a ticking clock in the form of terminal illness

The story centres on June (Helen Mirren), a sharp-tongued but affectionate matriarch diagnosed with terminal cancer just weeks before Christmas. Choosing to spend her final days in a private hospital room, June becomes the still point around which her fractured family spirals inward. Her children assemble reluctantly, carrying old resentments, quiet disappointments and lives that have drifted far from one another. As th...