Mothering Sunday 2021

Director:
Eva Husson
Writers:
Alice Birch, based on the novel by Graham Swift
Cast:
Odessa Young, Josh O'Connor, Olivia Colman, Colin Firth, Sope Dirisu
On Mothering Sunday, 1924, Jane Fairchild, foundling, maid to the Niven household, has no mother to go to. Jane meets with her secret lover, the young heir of a neighbouring estate. He is about to be married to a woman more befitting his social status, and the time has come to end the affair, but events unfold in ways Jane could never have predicted. Tragedy eventually becomes a source of liberation for Jane as the emboldening power of grief inspires her to leave her servile position, become a writer and own her story.

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