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Mothering Sunday

A maid living in post-World War I England secretly plans to meet with the man she loves before he leaves to marry another woman.

Director

Eva Husson

Year

Genre

Box Office

$275,352

Production

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

Awards

1 win

Homepage

https://www.motheringsundayfilm.co.uk/

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Jane Fairchild

Paul Sheringham

Dick

Nathan Chester Reeve

Young Paul

Freddy

Mr Godfrey Niven

Mrs Clarrie Niven

Jane (Older)

Milly

Ethel

Emma Hobday

Giles Hobday

Sylvia Hobday

Caroline Harker

Mr. Sheringham

Mrs. Sheringham

Donald

Richard

Samuel

Forrest Bothwell

Mr. Paxton

Journalist 1

Journalist 2

Son

Maid

Georgina Frances Hart

Waiter

Deano Mitchison

Journalist

Sebastian Senior

Green Grocer

Alfredo Tavares

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Mr Godfrey Niven Donald Jane Fairchild Milly Samuel Emma Hobday Paul Sheringham

JANE:
Once upon a time. - Mothering Sunday

JANE: Once upon a time.

Once upon a time,
before the boys were killed. - Mothering Sunday

Once upon a time, before the boys were killed.

PAUL:
We had a horse. - Mothering Sunday

PAUL: We had a horse.

It never won a damn thing,
but it was our indulgence. - Mothering Sunday

It never won a damn thing, but it was our indulgence.

Our hope for fame and for glory - Mothering Sunday

Our hope for fame and for glory

Fandango. - Mothering Sunday

[ALARM RINGING] - Mothering Sunday

[ALARM RINGING]

You know, if someone had - Mothering Sunday

You know, if someone had

We shall drive to Henley
for lunch, and you, Jane, - Mothering Sunday

We shall drive to Henley for lunch, and you, Jane,

And the Hobdays
and the Sheringhams - Mothering Sunday

And the Hobdays and the Sheringhams

MAN:
Jane. - Mothering Sunday

Really? On a Sunday? - Mothering Sunday

Really? On a Sunday?

Milly will take
the first bicycle - Mothering Sunday

Milly will take the first bicycle

If I may, sir,
I'll just take myself off. - Mothering Sunday

If I may, sir, I'll just take myself off.

Certainly, that's what I'd do,
left to my own devices. - Mothering Sunday

Certainly, that's what I'd do, left to my own devi...

To my mother's?
"Freedom" is not the word. - Mothering Sunday

To my mother's? "Freedom" is not the word.

To be motherless
on Mothering Sunday. - Mothering Sunday

To be motherless on Mothering Sunday.

She'll have cooked
a lovely side of beef, - Mothering Sunday

She'll have cooked a lovely side of beef,

She'll have a million stories
of a nice young girl - Mothering Sunday

She'll have a million stories of a nice young girl

Million?
Despite a bloody war - Mothering Sunday

Million? Despite a bloody war

I think that's
a spectacularly good excuse - Mothering Sunday

I think that's a spectacularly good excuse

Do you know?
If I talk about him, - Mothering Sunday

Do you know? If I talk about him,

What? Who?
Who tells who the truth? - Mothering Sunday

What? Who? Who tells who the truth?

I was just thinking
about all of them, - Mothering Sunday

I was just thinking about all of them,

Or maybe you'll acquire one
on the train. Husband, I mean. - Mothering Sunday

Or maybe you'll acquire one on the train. Husband, I me...

MAN [OVER PHONE]:
Eleven o'clock. - Mothering Sunday

MAN [OVER PHONE]: Eleven o'clock.

[OVER PHONE]
Jane? Is that you? - Mothering Sunday

[OVER PHONE] Jane? Is that you?

[WHISPERS] It's a good name.
That it is. - Mothering Sunday

[WHISPERS] It's a good name. That it is.

Many Janes, many Fairchilds,
Goodchilds, Goodbodys. - Mothering Sunday

Many Janes, many Fairchilds, Goodchilds, Goodbodys.

I suppose they wanted to give us
something tangible and... - Mothering Sunday

I suppose they wanted to give us something tangible and...

Well, I think Jane Fairchild
suits you very well. - Mothering Sunday

Well, I think Jane Fairchild suits you very well.

Even she recognized
the importance - Mothering Sunday

Even she recognized the importance

Yes.
[CHUCKLES] - Mothering Sunday

Yes. [CHUCKLES]

"I'll meet you there.
Awful lot to get through. - Mothering Sunday

"I'll meet you there. Awful lot to get through.

Must work. Must work." - Mothering Sunday

Must work. Must work."

If I could apply this level
of detailed attention, - Mothering Sunday

If I could apply this level of detailed attention,

What have you told
those dear Nivens - Mothering Sunday

What have you told those dear Nivens

I'll try to provide
brilliant views - Mothering Sunday

I'll try to provide brilliant views

No. I just-- - Mothering Sunday

[PAUL BREATHING HEAVILY] - Mothering Sunday

[PAUL BREATHING HEAVILY]

[CHURCH BELL RINGING
IN DISTANCE] - Mothering Sunday

[CHURCH BELL RINGING IN DISTANCE]

[TICKING SOFTLY] - Mothering Sunday

[TICKING SOFTLY]

It hardly matters.
It's just a lunch. - Mothering Sunday

It hardly matters. It's just a lunch.

Gripping your door
won't have any actual effect - Mothering Sunday

Gripping your door won't have any actual effect

Daddy drives
about ten times as fast. - Mothering Sunday

Daddy drives about ten times as fast.

[KNOCKS]
Dick! Freddy! - Mothering Sunday

[KNOCKS] Dick! Freddy!

[CAWS] - Mothering Sunday

When we were boys,
we'd go to Henley - Mothering Sunday

When we were boys, we'd go to Henley

I don't remember
it ever being arranged, - Mothering Sunday

I don't remember it ever being arranged,

Of course, they had it
all planned out. - Mothering Sunday

Of course, they had it all planned out.

Freddy and Dick would bicycle
over to see Philip, - Mothering Sunday

Freddy and Dick would bicycle over to see Philip,

Emma, those glasses are
absolutely adorable, so racy. - Mothering Sunday

Emma, those glasses are absolutely adorable, so racy.

[DISCUSSION CONTINUES
INDISTINCTLY] - Mothering Sunday

[DISCUSSION CONTINUES INDISTINCTLY]

SYLVIA:
Cormorant. I think it's-- - Mothering Sunday

SYLVIA: Cormorant. I think it's--

They love an excuse to sink
a cocktail or four before lunch, - Mothering Sunday

They love an excuse to sink a cocktail or four before lunch,

[CHUCKLES SOFTLY] - Mothering Sunday

[CHUCKLES SOFTLY]

[LIGHTER CLICKS] - Mothering Sunday

[LIGHTER CLICKS]

If we planted it
and we grew it, - Mothering Sunday

If we planted it and we grew it,

There will be absolutely no
pruning anywhere near my... - Mothering Sunday

There will be absolutely no pruning anywhere near my...

♪♪ We plow the fields ♪♪ - Mothering Sunday

♪♪ We plow the fields ♪♪

Does... Doesn't it all go in? - Mothering Sunday

Does... Doesn't it all go in?

How many ways are there
to make that happen? - Mothering Sunday

How many ways are there to make that happen?

[FAUCET SQUEAKS,
THEN WATER TRICKLING] - Mothering Sunday

[FAUCET SQUEAKS, THEN WATER TRICKLING]

Well then maybe there are only three ways - Mothering Sunday

Well then maybe there are only three ways

Now then, Paul, how's it all
going with your studies? - Mothering Sunday

Now then, Paul, how's it all going with your studies?

My father thinks I've as much
chance of becoming a lawyer - Mothering Sunday

My father thinks I've as much chance of becoming a lawy...

[ALL CHUCKLE] - Mothering Sunday

I'm enjoying my studies
immensely, and of course, - Mothering Sunday

I'm enjoying my studies immensely, and of course,

These days of studying, - Mothering Sunday

These days of studying,

Of feeling just as
my father must have felt - Mothering Sunday

Of feeling just as my father must have felt

Of how my brothers might have
felt had-- - Mothering Sunday

Of how my brothers might have felt had--

Godfrey couldn't catch a fish
if it swam into his open arms. - Mothering Sunday

Godfrey couldn't catch a fish if it swam into his open ...

CLARRIE: Congratulations.
MAN: Congratulations, Emma. - Mothering Sunday

CLARRIE: Congratulations. MAN: Congratulations, Emma.

You might have to bet on slightly fewer horses - Mothering Sunday

You might have to bet on slightly fewer horses

[CHUCKLES] - Mothering Sunday

Had to pretend
he was just another friend - Mothering Sunday

Had to pretend he was just another friend

He'd have encouraged you
reading all that boy rot. - Mothering Sunday

He'd have encouraged you reading all that boy rot.

What a glorious day it's turned out to be - Mothering Sunday

What a glorious day it's turned out to be

It should just sit here
whilst we wait for him - Mothering Sunday

It should just sit here whilst we wait for him

Mugging up.
That's what he calls it. - Mothering Sunday

Mugging up. That's what he calls it.

Oh, we're happy to wait
a little longer for him. - Mothering Sunday

Oh, we're happy to wait a little longer for him.

[SIGHS] - Mothering Sunday

Perhaps she did come here - Mothering Sunday

Perhaps she did come here

She looks at the bike leaning
up by the door, confused. - Mothering Sunday

She looks at the bike leaning up by the door, confused.

She goes to call out,
she opens her mouth to call out, - Mothering Sunday

She goes to call out, she opens her mouth to call out,

She looks at those orchids,
bright in that dark hall. - Mothering Sunday

She looks at those orchids, bright in that dark hall.

But something tells her
to slip out of her shoes. - Mothering Sunday

But something tells her to slip out of her shoes.

She pads up the stairs. - Mothering Sunday

She pads up the stairs.

"She turns around,
soft, on one toe, - Mothering Sunday

"She turns around, soft, on one toe,

No. I did not say that, though. - Mothering Sunday

No. I did not say that, though.

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A maid living in post-World War I England secretly plans to meet with the man she loves before he leaves to marry another woman.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Eva Husson

Writer: Alice Birch, Graham Swift

Production: Number 9 Films,Film4 Productions,BFI,Lipsync Productions,ZDF/Arte

Genre: drama, romance

Year: 2021

MetaScore: 66/100

ImdbRating: 6.0

BoxOffice: $275,352

Released: 25 Mar 2022

Awards: 1 win

Homepage: https://www.motheringsundayfilm.co.uk/

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