Mothering Sunday (R)

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synopsis

On a warm spring day in 1924, house maid and foundling Jane Fairchild (Odessa Young) finds herself alone on Mother's Day. Her employers, Mr. and Mrs. Niven (Colin Firth and Olivia Colman), are out and she has the rare chance to spend quality time with her secret lover. Paul (Josh O'Connor) 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.

MovieGoer Review

Something went wrong (or got lost) in the translation of Graham Swift's novella to the movie adaptation, directed by Eva Husson from a screenplay by Alice Birch. There's no debating that the finished product looks gorgeous, with all credit ... MORE

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synopsis

On a warm spring day in 1924, house maid and foundling Jane Fairchild (Odessa Young) finds herself alone on Mother's Day. Her employers, Mr. and Mrs. Niven (Colin Firth and Olivia Colman), are out and she has the rare chance to spend quality time with her secret lover. Paul (Josh O'Connor) 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.

MovieGoer Review

Something went wrong (or got lost) in the translation of Graham Swift's novella to the movie adaptation, directed by Eva Husson from a screenplay by Alice Birch. There's no debating that the finished product looks gorgeous, with all credit ... MORE