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Feature film — 2021

Mothering Sunday (2021)

5.41h 44mRomance — Drama

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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A high-signal pick with 140 votes.

Number 9 Films / Film4 Productions / BFI / Lipsync Productions / ZDF/Arte

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Director: Eva Husson

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Cast & crew

Odessa Young as Jane Fairchild

Odessa Young

Jane Fairchild

Josh O'Connor as Paul Sheringham

Josh O'Connor

Paul Sheringham

Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù as Donald

Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù

Donald

Patsy Ferran as Milly

Patsy Ferran

Milly

Emma D'Arcy as Emma Hobday

Emma D'Arcy

Emma Hobday

Glenda Jackson as Jane (Older)

Glenda Jackson

Jane (Older)

Olivia Colman as Mrs Clarrie Niven

Olivia Colman

Mrs Clarrie Niven

Colin Firth as Mr Godfrey Niven

Colin Firth

Mr Godfrey Niven

N

Nathan Reeve

Dick

S

Samuel Barlow

Young Paul

D

Dexter Raggatt

Freddy

C

Charlie Oscar

Ethel

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