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This article contains spoilers for Mother Mary<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n In Mother Mary<\/em>, David Lowery’<\/a>s haunting new film, a fictional pop star (Anne Hathaway<\/a>) and a fashion designer (Michaela Coel<\/a>) dissect their once-close relationship amid an eerie thread that brings them back together.<\/p>\n There’s ghosts, a Ouija board, and a gravity-defying performance involved. All of the drama is in pursuit of a new dress and, in turn, a new identity. The A24 thriller, written and directed by Lowery (The Green Knight<\/em>), also includes original songs by Jack Antonoff, Charli XCX, and FKA Twigs.<\/p>\n But what is Mother Mary<\/em> about, and what happens to the characters at the end of the film? Read on to find out.<\/p>\n Mother Mary<\/em> is a tale of love and finding your sense of self again. There are also themes about artistic creation woven throughout the film.<\/p>\n “It is about the creative process and the way in which the creative process, whether it’s alone or with others, can take so much out of you and then allow you to sort of be reborn like a phoenix, not to sound too cliched, but that is what it sometimes feels like to create something,” Lowery tells Entertainment Weekly<\/em>.<\/p>\n “And so I really let it rest there, but there’s so much more,” he continues. “Like so much, my entire life is a creative process. That’s all I do. And so every aspect of my life is intertwined with that exchange that occurs when you’re trying to make something.”<\/p>\nWhat is Mother Mary<\/em> actually about?<\/h2>\n