Phantom Thread Ending Explained: What It All Means
Daniel Day-Lewis and Vicky Krieps star in Phantom Thread, a puzzling love story with one of Paul Thomas Anderson's most controversial endings.
Starring Daniel Day-Lewis in his final film role before his retirement from acting, Phantom Thread follows excentric London dressmaker Reynolds Woodcock who becomes infatuated with a young waitress named Alma and begins using her as his muse. Reynolds and Alma's turbulent relationship is the main focus of the film. Vicky Krieps stars alongside Day-Lewis as Alma, and Lesley Manville stars as Cyril, Reynolds's sister.
Daniel Day-Lewis and Vicky Krieps star in Phantom Thread, a puzzling love story with one of Paul Thomas Anderson's most controversial endings.
Set in the glamour of 1950s post-war London, renowned dressmaker Reynolds Woodcock (Daniel Day-Lewis) and his sister Cyril (Lesley Manville) are at the center of British fashion, dressing royalty, movie stars, heiresses, socialites, debutants and dames with the distinct style of The House of Woodcock. Women come and go through Woodcock’s life, providing the confirmed bachelor with inspiration and companionship, until he comes across a young, strong-willed woman, Alma (Vicky Krieps), who soon becomes a fixture in his life as his muse and lover. Once controlled and planned, he finds his carefully tailored life disrupted by love.
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