PREVIEW: Mothering Sunday (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Odessa Young (Assassination Nation), Josh O’Connor (God’s Own Country), Olivia Colman (The Favourite), Colin Firth (Supernova), Ṣọpẹ Dìrísù (His House), Glenda Jackson (Women in Love), Craig Crosbie (Mountains of the Moon), Simon Shepherd (Bait), Caroline Harker (The Madness of King George), Emma D’Arcy (Misbehaviour)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Eva Husson (Girls of the Sun), director; Alice Birch (Lady Macbeth), writer; Elizabeth Karlsen (Carol) and Stephen Woolley (The Crying Game), producers; Morgan Kibby (The Amaranth), composer; Jamie Ramsay (Moffie), cinematographer; Emilie Orsini (The Party), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

In 1924, young house maid Jane Fairchild (Young) finds herself alone on Mothering Sunday when her employers, the Nivens (Colman and Firth), go out. She has a rare chance to spend an afternoon with her secret lover Paul (O’Connor), a boy from a nearby manor house who is engaged to another woman, but unexpected events end up changing both of their lives – especially hers – forever…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

This passionate adaptation of Graham Swift’s romantic novel is a snapshot of youthful love in all of its complex forms, with strong supporting turns by British acting legends like Olivia Colman and Colin Firth.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 6TH NOVEMBER 2021

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE

 

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