MOTHERING SUNDAY
Narrative Feature | 104 minutes

HIFF 2021

 

Directed by
Eva Husson

Produced by
Elizabeth Karlsen, Stephen Woolley

Written by
Alice Birch

Featuring
Odessa Young, Josh O'Connor, Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù, Olivia Colman, Colin Firth, Glenda Jackson

2021 | English | UK

SUNDAY CENTERPIECE

In this vibrant, lush romance, orphaned housemaid-turned-writer Jane (played by Odessa Young and the legendary Glenda Jackson, respectively) reflects back on a particular warm spring day she spent in post-WWI Britain. While her employers Mr. and Mrs. Niven (Academy Award® winners Colin Firth and Olivia Colman) are away for the day, she meets with her neighbor and long-term lover Paul (Josh O’Connor, The Crown) for a clandestine tryst. Scripted by Alice Birch (LADY MACBETH, Normal People) and sensually helmed by Eva Husson, MOTHERING SUNDAY explores one woman’s passion, vulnerability, and grief in the inter-war period.

• Scheduled to attend*: actors Josh O’Connor and Odessa Young, director Eva Husson

 

*all guests subject to change