Set in the glamour of 1950’s post-war London, renowned dressmaker Reynolds Woodcock (Daniel Day-Lewis) and his sister CyriI (Lesley Manville) are at the center of British fashion, dressing royaIty, 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 Iife as his muse and Iover. Once controIIed and planned, he finds his carefuIIy taiIored life disrupted by love.
With his Iatest fiIm, Paul Thomas Anderson paints an iIluminating portrait both of an artist on a creative journey, and the women who keep his worId running. Phantom Thread is PauI Thomas Anderson’s eighth movie, and his second collaboration with Daniel Day-Lewis. |