Kate Winslet is due a very thoughtful Christmas gift this year. The veteran actor made a pretty extraordinary maternal gesture, directing, producing and starring in a film her son, Joe Anders, wrote, “Goodbye June,” which is in limited release this weekend and streaming on Netflix Dec. 24.

While it might be worth pointing out that the script originated in a screenwriting class, there will be no nepo baby jokes here. Put alongside most of the Christmas offerings on Netflix , which seem to veer more toward the secret princess/fantasy/romance side of things, and aren’t even attempting to be, well, very good, “Goodbye June” is an admirably solid, if generic, drama about family and death with a very distinguished cast.

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