The mother
2003 · Movie · 111 min. · United Kingdom
May (Anne Reid) is an ordinary grandmother from the suburbs. When her husband dies, she recedes into the background of her busy, metropolitan children's lives. Stuck in an unfamiliar city, May fears that her life is more or less over. Until, that is, she falls for Darren, a man half her age who is renovating her son's house and sleeping with her daughter.
Direction Roger Michell
Cast Anne Reid · Daniel Craig · Cathryn Bradshow · Peter Vaughan · Anna Wilson-Jones · Danira Govich · Harry Michell · Rosie Michell · Izabella Telezynska · Steven Mackintosh · Carlo Kureishi · Sachin Kureishi · Simon Mason · Oliver Ford Davies · Jonah Coombes
Soundtrack Jeremy Sams
Screenplay Hanif Kureishi
Cinematography Alwin H. Kuchler
Original title The mother
6.3
417 votes (FilmAffinity)
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