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Mothering Sunday

2021 · 1h 44m · Romance · Drama

TMDB 5.4/10 (135 votes)

On a warm spring day in 1924, house maid and foundling Jane Fairchild finds herself alone on Mother's Day. Her employers, Mr. and Mrs. Niven, are out and she has the rare chance to spend quality time with her secret lover. Paul is the boy from the manor house nearby, Jane's long-term love despite the fact that he's engaged to be married to another woman, a childhood friend and daughter of his parents' friends. But events that neither can foresee will change the course of Jane's life forever.

Directed by Eva Husson

Box office $2M worldwide

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2021 · 1h 44m · Romance · Drama

TMDB 5.4/10 (135 votes)

Directed by Eva Husson

Box office $2M worldwide

IMDb ↗Screen catalogue →

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Eva HussonDirector

Odessa Youngas Jane Fairchild

Josh O'Connoras Paul Sheringham

Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísùas Donald

Patsy Ferranas Milly

Emma D'Arcyas Emma Hobday

Glenda Jacksonas Jane (Older)

Olivia Colmanas Mrs Clarrie Niven

Colin Firthas Mr Godfrey Niven NNathan Reeveas Dick SSamuel Barlowas Young Paul DDexter Raggattas Freddy CCharlie Oscaras Ethel

Simon Shepherdas Giles Hobday

Caroline Harkeras Sylvia Hobday

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Mothering Sunday is a 2021 British romantic drama film directed by Eva Husson, from a screenplay by Alice Birch, based on the novel of the same name by Graham Swift. The film stars Odessa Young, Josh O'Connor, Olivia Colman and Colin Firth. The film also marks the first appearance of Academy Award winner Glenda Jackson in a theatrical release in over 30 years, having last appeared in King of the Wind (1990), as well as the penultimate film role of her lifetime. Set in the wake of World War I, the film follows the life of Jane Fairchild (Young), an orphaned maidservant who spends Mothering Sunday with her wealthy lover. Mothering Sunday had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival on 9 July 2021. Plot Jane Fairchild is a maidservant who, between the wars, works for the wealthy Niven family. On Mothering Sunday Jane is given the day off to spend as she likes. To her surprise Paul Sheringham, the son of wealthy neighbours, invites her to spend the day with him while his parents, with the Nivens, and the Hobdays have lunch together.

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