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Mothering Sunday

Mothering Sunday

20215.41h 44m

Overview

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
Written by Graham Swift, Alice Birch
Produced by Elizabeth Karlsen, Stephen Woolley
Box Office0Revenue: $2.3M

Top Cast

Odessa Young

Odessa Young

Jane Fairchild

Josh O'Connor

Josh O'Connor

Paul Sheringham

Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù

Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù

Donald

Patsy Ferran

Patsy Ferran

Milly

Emma D'Arcy

Emma D'Arcy

Emma Hobday

Glenda Jackson

Glenda Jackson

Jane (Older)

Olivia Colman

Olivia Colman

Mrs Clarrie Niven

Colin Firth

Colin Firth

Mr Godfrey Niven

N

Nathan Reeve

Dick

S

Samuel Barlow

Young Paul

Themes & Keywords

based on novel or bookenglandpost world war imaidmother's day1920sberkshire

About Mothering Sunday

Mothering Sunday is a romance, drama film released in 2021 exploring themes of based on novel or book, england, post world war i, maid, mother's day, 1920s. Directed by Eva Husson, it stars Odessa Young, Josh O'Connor, Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù. 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.

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