The 50-year-old directs and stars in the Christmas movie.

Actress Kate Winslet has said making her latest film Goodbye June with her son Joe Anders was an “extraordinary experience”.

The 50-year-old directs and stars in the Christmas movie, which was written by Anders, and follows four siblings whose lives change when their mother’s health takes a turn for the worse during the festive period.

Speaking on the BBC’s The Graham Norton Show, Winslet said: “My wonderful son wrote it, he did a screenwriting course and was encouraged to write from the heart and the most significant thing that had happened to him was the loss of his grandmother when he was 13.

“When I read it, I said, ‘you’ve written a film and we are going to make it’, I knew I couldn’t let it go so now at 50 years old I am a

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