Odessa Young as Jane Fairchild, Josh O’Connor as Paul Sheringham in Mothering Sunday. Image by Jamie D. Ramsay (Sasc). Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics.
What looks at first like period drama, a steamy “Downton Abbey,” set in England in the wake of World War I, morphs into something deeper and more far-reaching, as Mothering Sunday follows the changing life of a young maid, tracing the awful legacy of that devastating war and the transformations it wrought, and also depicting a literary awakening and three stages in an artist’s life.
Mothering Sunday starts out in1924 at a British country manor house on Mother’s Day, known there as Mothering Sunday, when aristocrats traditionally gave their servants the day off to visit their mothers. Young Jane Fairchild (Odessa Young) was raised in an orphanage so she has no mother to visit. However, she has other, secret plans, to visit her lover,...
What looks at first like period drama, a steamy “Downton Abbey,” set in England in the wake of World War I, morphs into something deeper and more far-reaching, as Mothering Sunday follows the changing life of a young maid, tracing the awful legacy of that devastating war and the transformations it wrought, and also depicting a literary awakening and three stages in an artist’s life.
Mothering Sunday starts out in1924 at a British country manor house on Mother’s Day, known there as Mothering Sunday, when aristocrats traditionally gave their servants the day off to visit their mothers. Young Jane Fairchild (Odessa Young) was raised in an orphanage so she has no mother to visit. However, she has other, secret plans, to visit her lover,...
- 4/11/2022
- by Cate Marquis
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The new spark of life that the specialty box office saw last weekend has found more momentum this weekend with the release of A24’s “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” which was released in 10 theaters this weekend and has earned the best per theater average of any film since “Spider-Man: No Way Home.”
A24 reported an estimated total of $509,659 for an average of just under $51,000 for the weekend. By comparison, “Spider-Man: No Way Home” had a per screen average of just under $60,000 thanks to its historic $260 million opening in wide release in December.
Meanwhile, A24 opted to take the traditional path with a platform launch for “Everything Everywhere” after the film won overwhelming acclaim from its premiere at SXSW in Austin. The result is the best average for a limited release film since MGM’s Oscar contender “Licorice Pizza” earned $55,832 during its initial New York/Los Angeles run in early December.
A24 reported an estimated total of $509,659 for an average of just under $51,000 for the weekend. By comparison, “Spider-Man: No Way Home” had a per screen average of just under $60,000 thanks to its historic $260 million opening in wide release in December.
Meanwhile, A24 opted to take the traditional path with a platform launch for “Everything Everywhere” after the film won overwhelming acclaim from its premiere at SXSW in Austin. The result is the best average for a limited release film since MGM’s Oscar contender “Licorice Pizza” earned $55,832 during its initial New York/Los Angeles run in early December.
- 3/27/2022
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
A24’s SXSW opener Everything Everywhere All At Once, Bleecker Street’s Infinite Storm and Sony Pictures Classics’ Mothering Sunday offer something that’s been rare of late at the specialty box office, fresh content and choice.
They’re in a market with only one new studio wide release, Paramount’s The Lost City with Channing Tatum and Sandra Bullock. And if that film does okay it’s a nice win for everyone, said a specialty distribution executive, since it appeals to an older and female demo that’s been hard to win back to theaters. He’s got fingers crossed that the variant of the Omicron variant won’t make a new dent in the very slowly reviving market for non-superhero films. He and others have noted week after week that no specialty recovery is really possible in any case without the consistent flow of new content that we’re just starting to see.
They’re in a market with only one new studio wide release, Paramount’s The Lost City with Channing Tatum and Sandra Bullock. And if that film does okay it’s a nice win for everyone, said a specialty distribution executive, since it appeals to an older and female demo that’s been hard to win back to theaters. He’s got fingers crossed that the variant of the Omicron variant won’t make a new dent in the very slowly reviving market for non-superhero films. He and others have noted week after week that no specialty recovery is really possible in any case without the consistent flow of new content that we’re just starting to see.
- 3/25/2022
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
by Cláudio Alves
Adapted by Alice Birch from Graham Swift's novel, Mothering Sunday depicts a day in the life of a young maid in 1920s England. She's been having an affair with a rich boy before he leaves to be married off, plans are made for an afternoon of farewell sex. Throughout, the trauma of World War I haunts the nation, ghosts looming over the living who try to conceal their brokenness through social pageantry. It's all told as remembrance, a writer looking back at her youth, trying to articulate a momentous episode on the page. Cut to non-linear smithereens, the film's prone to disrupt stately historical drama with wet carnality. Flashes of lustful memory often barge their way into unrelated scenes, like rainwater flooding a basement's every nook and cranny...
Adapted by Alice Birch from Graham Swift's novel, Mothering Sunday depicts a day in the life of a young maid in 1920s England. She's been having an affair with a rich boy before he leaves to be married off, plans are made for an afternoon of farewell sex. Throughout, the trauma of World War I haunts the nation, ghosts looming over the living who try to conceal their brokenness through social pageantry. It's all told as remembrance, a writer looking back at her youth, trying to articulate a momentous episode on the page. Cut to non-linear smithereens, the film's prone to disrupt stately historical drama with wet carnality. Flashes of lustful memory often barge their way into unrelated scenes, like rainwater flooding a basement's every nook and cranny...
- 3/25/2022
- by Cláudio Alves
- FilmExperience
Woman in Love: Husson Mounts Reticent Portrait of Living Life Out Loud
At first glance, Mothering Sunday has all the impeccable furnishings evident in the classic tradition of a Merchant Ivory production—beautiful cinematography enrobing desires repressed by class and gender featuring high profile British talent. Such comparisons eventually reveal themselves to be superficial in this third film from France’s Eva Husson, making her English language debut with this adaptation of celebrated author Graham Swift’s 2016 novel.
Spanning several periods and dueling tragic romances, the intriguing story of a woman’s bold decisions to create her own success despite social mores and expectations takes on a glacial stride through time and circumstance.…...
At first glance, Mothering Sunday has all the impeccable furnishings evident in the classic tradition of a Merchant Ivory production—beautiful cinematography enrobing desires repressed by class and gender featuring high profile British talent. Such comparisons eventually reveal themselves to be superficial in this third film from France’s Eva Husson, making her English language debut with this adaptation of celebrated author Graham Swift’s 2016 novel.
Spanning several periods and dueling tragic romances, the intriguing story of a woman’s bold decisions to create her own success despite social mores and expectations takes on a glacial stride through time and circumstance.…...
- 3/24/2022
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
“Mothering Sunday,” director Eva Husson’s film of Graham Swift’s novel, begins with the words, “Once upon a time,” which are repeated by the heroine Jane Fairchild as we see her open face in close-up.
She eventually begins furiously scrubbing something with a cloth, which lets us know that she is a servant, and a title lets us know that it is supposed to be Mother’s Day in England in 1924. But not everything is as it seems here.
The tone of “Mothering Sunday” is faintly absurd at first in a way that feels deliberate. There are static and pretty shots of grand interiors by cinematographer Jamie Ramsay (“Moffie”) and some extremely flattering lighting on Young and Josh O’Connor (“The Crown”), who plays Jane’s lover Paul Sheringham; there is one shot of them together near some white roses that is particularly swoon-worthy because of the way the light...
She eventually begins furiously scrubbing something with a cloth, which lets us know that she is a servant, and a title lets us know that it is supposed to be Mother’s Day in England in 1924. But not everything is as it seems here.
The tone of “Mothering Sunday” is faintly absurd at first in a way that feels deliberate. There are static and pretty shots of grand interiors by cinematographer Jamie Ramsay (“Moffie”) and some extremely flattering lighting on Young and Josh O’Connor (“The Crown”), who plays Jane’s lover Paul Sheringham; there is one shot of them together near some white roses that is particularly swoon-worthy because of the way the light...
- 3/23/2022
- by Dan Callahan
- The Wrap
Jane Fairchild (Odessa Young) with Godfrey Niven (Colin Firth) in Eva Husson’s Mothering Sunday
Eva Husson’s prepossessing Mothering Sunday, based on the 2016 novel by Graham Swift, with a screenplay by Alice Birch, produced by Elizabeth Karlsen and Stephen Woolley, stars Odessa Young with Josh O’Connor (Prince Charles in The Crown), Colin Firth, Olivia Colman, Patsy Ferran, Sope Dirisu, Emma D’Arcy, and Glenda Jackson.
Eva Husson with Odessa Young and Anne-Katrin Titze on the Bloomsbury Group inspiring the costumes: “Virginia Woolf and her friends, because I was obsessed with them.”
Costumes by the great Sandy Powell, production design by Helen Scott, editing by Emilie Orsini, and the cinematography of Jamie Ramsay...
Eva Husson’s prepossessing Mothering Sunday, based on the 2016 novel by Graham Swift, with a screenplay by Alice Birch, produced by Elizabeth Karlsen and Stephen Woolley, stars Odessa Young with Josh O’Connor (Prince Charles in The Crown), Colin Firth, Olivia Colman, Patsy Ferran, Sope Dirisu, Emma D’Arcy, and Glenda Jackson.
Eva Husson with Odessa Young and Anne-Katrin Titze on the Bloomsbury Group inspiring the costumes: “Virginia Woolf and her friends, because I was obsessed with them.”
Costumes by the great Sandy Powell, production design by Helen Scott, editing by Emilie Orsini, and the cinematography of Jamie Ramsay...
- 3/22/2022
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Much of the action takes place on one balmy Sunday in March of 1924 in Eva Husson’s grand Mothering Sunday (a highlight of the Cannes Film Festival), based on the 2016 novel by Graham Swift, with a screenplay by Alice Birch, costumes by three-time Oscar winner Sandy Powell and a score by Morgan Kirby (Husson’s Bang Gang: A Modern Love Story and Girls Of The Sun). Orphaned Jane Fairchild (Odessa Young) works as a maid at the sprawling English country estate owned by the Nivens, Godfrey (Colin Firth) and Clarrie. A picnic is planned, which doubles as a celebration of an engagement.
The Nivens meet their friends, the Sheringhams (Emily Woof and Craig Crosbie), whose son Paul (Josh O’Connor) is to marry Emma (Emma D'Arcy), daughter of Giles and Sylvia Hobday (Simon...
The Nivens meet their friends, the Sheringhams (Emily Woof and Craig Crosbie), whose son Paul (Josh O’Connor) is to marry Emma (Emma D'Arcy), daughter of Giles and Sylvia Hobday (Simon...
- 3/22/2022
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
"I wish I could take you out... champagne and oysters." Sony Pictures Classics has debuted a second official trailer for the period romance Mothering Sunday, which first premiered at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival last summer. It also played at the Toronto and London Film Festivals - finally opening in US theaters (NY & LA) this month after many delays. Adapted from the novel by Graham Swift, the film is about a maid living in post-World War I England who secretly plans to meet with the man she loves before he leaves to marry another woman. It's described as an "luminous, intensely moving tale" of romance and love, "but events that neither can foresee will change the course of Jane's life forever." The film stars Odessa Young and Josh O'Connor as the two lovers, with Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù, Glenda Jackson, Simon Shepherd, Olivia Colman, and Colin Firth. This is a beautiful trailer! The...
- 3/7/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Sony Pictures Classics has pushed back the theatrical release date for Eva Husson’s romantic drama Mothering Sunday, starring Odessa Young, by a month—from February 25 to March 25. It will open in theaters in New York and Los Angeles, on the heels of a one-week, awards-qualifying run in Los Angeles in November of 2021, before expanding to other markets over the following weeks.
Mothering Sunday was previously set to open against MGM and United Artists Releasings’ musical adaptation of Cyrano from director Joe Wright; Good Deed Entertainment’s dramedy Moon Manor; Open Road Films’ Foo Fighters horror-comedy Studio 666; Paramount Pictures’ re-release of The Godfather; Vertical Entertainment’s thriller The Desperate Hour, starring Naomi Watts; and Greenwich Entertainment’s doc Let Me Be Me.
It will now play against The Daniels’ A24 SXSW opener Everything Everywhere All at Once, starring Michelle Yeoh; Paramount Pictures’ comedy The Lost City, starring Sandra Bullock, Channing Tatum,...
Mothering Sunday was previously set to open against MGM and United Artists Releasings’ musical adaptation of Cyrano from director Joe Wright; Good Deed Entertainment’s dramedy Moon Manor; Open Road Films’ Foo Fighters horror-comedy Studio 666; Paramount Pictures’ re-release of The Godfather; Vertical Entertainment’s thriller The Desperate Hour, starring Naomi Watts; and Greenwich Entertainment’s doc Let Me Be Me.
It will now play against The Daniels’ A24 SXSW opener Everything Everywhere All at Once, starring Michelle Yeoh; Paramount Pictures’ comedy The Lost City, starring Sandra Bullock, Channing Tatum,...
- 2/7/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Set between three different periods in the life of a writer and maid Jane (Odessa Young), “Mothering Sunday” earned positive reviews after it premiered at Cannes in the summer for its depiction of the inter-class romance between Jane and the son of a neighboring family, Paul (Josh O’Connor), as well as grief, loneliness, and sensuality. Sony Pictures Classics, which is releasing the film in the U.S., has debuted the official American trailer below.
Based on Graham Swift’s 2016 novel, “Mothering Sunday” begins on the British Mother’s Day, where maids are given a rare day off. With her employers (Colin Firth and Olivia Colman) out, Jane gets a chance to spend some time with her secret lover, Paul, a romance that must be kept secret due to Paul’s engagement to another woman. The film also flashes forward to later periods in Jane’s life, where she grapples with...
Based on Graham Swift’s 2016 novel, “Mothering Sunday” begins on the British Mother’s Day, where maids are given a rare day off. With her employers (Colin Firth and Olivia Colman) out, Jane gets a chance to spend some time with her secret lover, Paul, a romance that must be kept secret due to Paul’s engagement to another woman. The film also flashes forward to later periods in Jane’s life, where she grapples with...
- 11/13/2021
- by Chris Lindahl
- Indiewire
"I'm here to help you study?" "You're what I intend to study today..." Sony Pictures Classics has revealed an official US trailer for the romance Mothering Sunday, which originally premiered at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival earlier this year. It also played at the Toronto & London Film Festivals this fall. We also posted a UK trailer a few months ago. Adapted from the novel by Graham Swift, the film is about a maid living in post-World War I England who secretly plans to meet with the man she loves before he leaves to marry another woman. It's described as an "luminous, intensely moving tale" of romance and love, "but events that neither can foresee will change the course of Jane's life forever." The film stars Odessa Young and Josh O'Connor as the two lovers, with Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù, Glenda Jackson, Simon Shepherd, Olivia Colman, and Colin Firth. So many sensual close-up shots in this trailer,...
- 11/12/2021
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
‘Tick, Tick…Boom!’ and foreign-language titles ‘Wesele’ and ‘Kurup’ are also new.
Holdovers from the major studios look set to dominate the UK-Ireland box office this weekend, with Chloe Zhao’s Marvel epic Eternals aiming to build upon its debut last week, where it made £5.5m from 642 locations.
Universal’s No Time To Die has enjoyed six weekends in the top two with its total standing at £89.9m. Matching Spectre’s £95.2m is still possible, but Skyfall’s £103.2m now seems out of reach. Another strong contender for the top five is Warner Bros’ Dune, which took £1.6m in its...
Holdovers from the major studios look set to dominate the UK-Ireland box office this weekend, with Chloe Zhao’s Marvel epic Eternals aiming to build upon its debut last week, where it made £5.5m from 642 locations.
Universal’s No Time To Die has enjoyed six weekends in the top two with its total standing at £89.9m. Matching Spectre’s £95.2m is still possible, but Skyfall’s £103.2m now seems out of reach. Another strong contender for the top five is Warner Bros’ Dune, which took £1.6m in its...
- 11/12/2021
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Updated, 9:59 Am: Sony Pictures Classics said today that its film Mothering Sunday will get a limited release on February 25 in Los Angeles and New York following its weeklong awards-qualifying run in November. The pic, which premiered at Cannes in July, will expand to other markets in the ensuing weeks, the distributor said.
Mothering Sunday stars Odessa Young, Josh O’Connor, Colin Firth and Olivia Colman, Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù and Glenda Jackson.
Previously, August 6: Sony Pictures Classics has set a Nov. 19 New York and Los Angeles theatrical release for their British romantic drama Mothering Sunday. SPC picked up the movie in September 2020 and gave it a world premiere at Cannes in July. The pic will further expand to other U.S. markets after its initial late-fall release.
Starring Odessa Young (Assassination Nation), Josh O’Connor (The Crown), Oscar winners Colin Firth and Olivia Colman, Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù and Glenda Jackson, the pic...
Mothering Sunday stars Odessa Young, Josh O’Connor, Colin Firth and Olivia Colman, Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù and Glenda Jackson.
Previously, August 6: Sony Pictures Classics has set a Nov. 19 New York and Los Angeles theatrical release for their British romantic drama Mothering Sunday. SPC picked up the movie in September 2020 and gave it a world premiere at Cannes in July. The pic will further expand to other U.S. markets after its initial late-fall release.
Starring Odessa Young (Assassination Nation), Josh O’Connor (The Crown), Oscar winners Colin Firth and Olivia Colman, Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù and Glenda Jackson, the pic...
- 10/26/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
When opens, World War I has been over for more than five years. Textbook history suggests that its end kickstarted all the fun and frisk of the Roaring Twenties, but “Mothering Sunday” handily dispels that myth. It’s 1924 and, as the world moves on, a trio of bereaved families in the UK’s Berkshire County do their damnedest to pretend that they are, too. Hyper-observant orphan maid Jane Fairchild (a luminous Odessa Young) is about to embark on the rare day off, the “Mothering Sunday” of the film’s title — March 30, 1924, to be precise.
Adapted from Graham Swift’s delicate novel of the same name, Husson sets her film mostly within that one, luminous early spring day. Alice Birch’s script adheres to Swift’s kaleidoscopic shifting settings, moving between Mothering Sunday and two later periods in Jane’s remarkable life. Some viewers might feel a sense of whiplash as...
Adapted from Graham Swift’s delicate novel of the same name, Husson sets her film mostly within that one, luminous early spring day. Alice Birch’s script adheres to Swift’s kaleidoscopic shifting settings, moving between Mothering Sunday and two later periods in Jane’s remarkable life. Some viewers might feel a sense of whiplash as...
- 9/10/2021
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
"I want to write about life..." "...pain and anguish..." "Pleasure!" Lionsgate UK has unveiled the first official trailer for the romance Mothering Sunday, which originally premiered at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival earlier this year playing Out of Competition. The film is also screening at both the Toronto and London Film Festivals this fall, following its initial premiere. Adapted from the novel by Graham Swift, the film is about a maid living in post-World War I England who secretly plans to meet with the man she loves before he leaves to marry another woman. It's described as an "luminous, intensely moving tale" of romance and love, "but events that neither can foresee will change the course of Jane's life forever." The film stars Odessa Young and Josh O'Connor as the secret lovers, along with Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù, Glenda Jackson, Simon Shepherd, Olivia Colman, and Colin Firth. Another passionate forbidden love period piece,...
- 9/7/2021
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
“Mothering Sunday,” Eva Husson’s historical drama which debuted at the Cannes Film Festival and is headed to Toronto in September, has been set for a Nov. 19 theatrical release from Sony Pictures Classics. The film, which debuted to strong reviews, stars Odessa Young, Josh O’Connor, Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù, Patsy Ferran, Emma D’Arcy, Glenda Jackson, Olivia Colman and Colin Firth. “Lady Macbeth” scribe Alice Birch wrote the screenplay, based on Graham Swift’s novel.
The film’s official synopsis outlines the forbidden upstairs-downstairs romance: “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 near by, Jane’s long-term love despite the fact...
The film’s official synopsis outlines the forbidden upstairs-downstairs romance: “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 near by, Jane’s long-term love despite the fact...
- 8/6/2021
- by William Earl
- Variety Film + TV
Cannes – If you’ve already read Graham Swift’s novel “Mothering Sunday,” you’re well aware of the sensual and provocative nature of many of the scenes. The description of young English housemaid Jane Fairchild and the relatively young lord of the manor Paul Sheringham’s coupling leaves little to the imagination. Still, for anyone watching director Eva Husson’s cinematic adaptation, just how naked stars Odessa Young and Josh O’Connor are is quite unexpected for a British period piece.
Continue reading ‘Mothering Sunday’: Josh O’Connor, Odessa Young & Eva Husson In Naked Conversation [Cannes] at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘Mothering Sunday’: Josh O’Connor, Odessa Young & Eva Husson In Naked Conversation [Cannes] at The Playlist.
- 7/12/2021
- by Gregory Ellwood
- The Playlist
Having been forced to cancel last year’s Cannes due to the pandemic, 2021 is proving to be a happy nude year for the festival with this edition’s most talked-about film, “Benedetta,” featuring a pair of romping nuns.
Even the outwardly gentle period drama “Mothering Sunday” is unabashed about displaying the human body in all its glory, with both Josh O’Connor (“The Crown”) and Odessa Young (“Shirley”) going full-frontal in the film.
Perhaps it’s a response to the time we’re living in, where even Cannes’ trademark cheek-to-cheek kisses on the red carpet are now verboten, although Husson, who filmed “Mothering Sunday” between the U.K.’s first and second lockdowns last fall, puts the film’s liberal nudity down to her (French/Spanish) upbringing.
“I have a family culture of nudity in the sense that nudity was always something very natural and nothing to be ashamed of,” she told Variety.
Even the outwardly gentle period drama “Mothering Sunday” is unabashed about displaying the human body in all its glory, with both Josh O’Connor (“The Crown”) and Odessa Young (“Shirley”) going full-frontal in the film.
Perhaps it’s a response to the time we’re living in, where even Cannes’ trademark cheek-to-cheek kisses on the red carpet are now verboten, although Husson, who filmed “Mothering Sunday” between the U.K.’s first and second lockdowns last fall, puts the film’s liberal nudity down to her (French/Spanish) upbringing.
“I have a family culture of nudity in the sense that nudity was always something very natural and nothing to be ashamed of,” she told Variety.
- 7/10/2021
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
It’s a curious quirk of the British calendar that Mother’s Day — or Mothering Sunday, if you want to be formal about it — falls not in May, with all that month’s springy symbolism of new life, but the damp, unripe chill of mid-March, when no one feels much like celebrating anything at all. In “Mothering Sunday,” however, a number of upper-class English families meet to picnic on a day so unseasonably warm and bright that the weather is the one safe running topic of conversation: It’s a gathering of more parents than children, where unspoken and unspeakable losses are politely talked around. If Graham Swift’s 2016 novella was a guest at the same elegant, repressed garden party as L.P. Hartley’s “The Go-Between” and Ian McEwan’s “Atonement,” Eva Husson and screenwriter Alice Birch’s unusual, stimulating adaptation comes closer to the shattered experimentalism of Joseph Losey...
- 7/10/2021
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety Film + TV
This adaptation of the Graham Swift novel look and sounds lush, but the pace is so languorous your emotions never have a chance to get going
There’s a tasteful ennui and gorgeous torpor to this well-acted movie, set in Britain’s Home Counties between the wars — in which the middle-aged ruling classes are quietly stricken with misery about almost all their sons being slaughtered on the French battlefields. The film is adapted by screenwriter Alice Birch from the 2016 novella by Graham Swift, and directed by Eva Husson.
Australian star Odessa Young plays Jane, the maid at a grand house ruled over by the sad Mr and Mrs Niven (Colin Firth and Olivia Colman) who are not making a fuss about their children being dead. Jane is having a secret, passionate affair with Paul, beguilingly played by Josh O’Connor, the well-born son of the Nivens’ neighbours, the Sheringhams, and on Mothering Sunday,...
There’s a tasteful ennui and gorgeous torpor to this well-acted movie, set in Britain’s Home Counties between the wars — in which the middle-aged ruling classes are quietly stricken with misery about almost all their sons being slaughtered on the French battlefields. The film is adapted by screenwriter Alice Birch from the 2016 novella by Graham Swift, and directed by Eva Husson.
Australian star Odessa Young plays Jane, the maid at a grand house ruled over by the sad Mr and Mrs Niven (Colin Firth and Olivia Colman) who are not making a fuss about their children being dead. Jane is having a secret, passionate affair with Paul, beguilingly played by Josh O’Connor, the well-born son of the Nivens’ neighbours, the Sheringhams, and on Mothering Sunday,...
- 7/10/2021
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
If the Merchant Ivory factory of well-appointed period British cinema was still in operation, a film adaptation Graham Swift’s novella Mothering Sunday, debuting today as part of the Cannes Film Festival Cannes Premiere section, might have been something they would have snapped up immediately. The bigger question though is if their usual quietly tasteful approach would have registered quite the results that director Eva Husson (previously in Cannes with her second feature Girls Of The Sun) and screenwriter Alice Birch have managed in a beautifully bold take on this story of a budding writer working as a maid in an English manor house circa 1924 whose burning and secret sexual encounters with the upper class young man at a neighboring manor provide the basis of a literary career that defines her life.
Emboldened by a strong female presence behind the scenes, this is a story,...
Emboldened by a strong female presence behind the scenes, this is a story,...
- 7/9/2021
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
An English woman looks back over her life and remembers the key moments — especially one fateful sultry day in 1924 — that made her into the acclaimed writer she would eventually become in this sensual but structurally flawed period drama.
Adapted from Graham Swift’s lean but bravura 2016 novella of the same name, Mothering Sunday delivers beautifully when it comes to evoking the deliciously painful throb of a secret affair, in this case between housemaid Jane Fairchild (Odessa Young, recently seen in Shirley and Assassination Nation) and a wealthy son of a neighboring family (Josh O’Connor, The Crown). Sharply ...
Adapted from Graham Swift’s lean but bravura 2016 novella of the same name, Mothering Sunday delivers beautifully when it comes to evoking the deliciously painful throb of a secret affair, in this case between housemaid Jane Fairchild (Odessa Young, recently seen in Shirley and Assassination Nation) and a wealthy son of a neighboring family (Josh O’Connor, The Crown). Sharply ...
An English woman looks back over her life and remembers the key moments — especially one fateful sultry day in 1924 — that made her into the acclaimed writer she would eventually become in this sensual but structurally flawed period drama.
Adapted from Graham Swift’s lean but bravura 2016 novella of the same name, Mothering Sunday delivers beautifully when it comes to evoking the deliciously painful throb of a secret affair, in this case between housemaid Jane Fairchild (Odessa Young, recently seen in Shirley and Assassination Nation) and a wealthy son of a neighboring family (Josh O’Connor, The Crown). Sharply ...
Adapted from Graham Swift’s lean but bravura 2016 novella of the same name, Mothering Sunday delivers beautifully when it comes to evoking the deliciously painful throb of a secret affair, in this case between housemaid Jane Fairchild (Odessa Young, recently seen in Shirley and Assassination Nation) and a wealthy son of a neighboring family (Josh O’Connor, The Crown). Sharply ...
“Mothering Sunday’s” Odessa Young has been tapped for award-winning director Thordur Palsson’s upcoming psychological horror “The Damned.”
The film will see Young star as Eva, a 19th-century widow tasked with making an impossible choice when, during an especially cruel winter, a ship sinks off the coast of her impoverished Icelandic fishing village. Any attempt to rescue survivors risks further depleting the starving villagers’ supplies.
As the villagers struggle with their guilt, Eva begins to experience unsettling visions and suspects they are being punished for their choice. Shooting will begin on location in Iceland in January 2022.
Protagonist Pictures will represent sales worldwide, co-repping U.S. rights with CAA Media Finance.
Palsson (“The Valhalla Murders”) wrote the story while Jamie Hannigan wrote the screenplay (supported by Screen Ireland).
Young is currently appearing in Cannes title “Mothering Sunday” alongside Olivia Colman (“The Father”), Colin Firth (“The King’s Speech”) and Josh O’Connor...
The film will see Young star as Eva, a 19th-century widow tasked with making an impossible choice when, during an especially cruel winter, a ship sinks off the coast of her impoverished Icelandic fishing village. Any attempt to rescue survivors risks further depleting the starving villagers’ supplies.
As the villagers struggle with their guilt, Eva begins to experience unsettling visions and suspects they are being punished for their choice. Shooting will begin on location in Iceland in January 2022.
Protagonist Pictures will represent sales worldwide, co-repping U.S. rights with CAA Media Finance.
Palsson (“The Valhalla Murders”) wrote the story while Jamie Hannigan wrote the screenplay (supported by Screen Ireland).
Young is currently appearing in Cannes title “Mothering Sunday” alongside Olivia Colman (“The Father”), Colin Firth (“The King’s Speech”) and Josh O’Connor...
- 7/8/2021
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
One of the most anticipated films of this year’s Cannes Film Festival is “Mothering Sunday,” from filmmaker Eva Husson. Not only does the film feature a great cast, but the story is adapted from a best-selling novel about the drama and intrigue surrounding an aristocratic family written by author Graham Swift. And with the Cannes premiere around the corner, we now have first-look clips to watch to help hold us over until the film is finally released.
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- 7/7/2021
- by Charles Barfield
- The Playlist
Odessa Young has joined the cast of The Staircase, HBO Max’s limited series drama adaptation based on the true-crime docuseries. She joins previously announced cast members Colin Firth, Toni Collette, Rosemarie DeWitt, Juliette Binoche, Parker Posey and Sophie Turner.
The eight-episode series from Christine director Antonio Campos and American Crime Story writer Maggie Cohn explores the life of Michael Peterson (Firth), his sprawling North Carolina family and the suspicious death of his wife, Kathleen (Collette).
Young will play Martha Ratliff, one of Michael Peterson’s adopted daughters.
The series is based on the docuseries and various books and reports on the case of Michael Peterson, who was convicted in 2003 of murdering Kathleen two years earlier. The charge was reduced to manslaughter in 2017, and Peterson subsequently was released from prison. He had claimed his wife died after falling down the stairs at their home after consuming alcohol and Valium, but...
The eight-episode series from Christine director Antonio Campos and American Crime Story writer Maggie Cohn explores the life of Michael Peterson (Firth), his sprawling North Carolina family and the suspicious death of his wife, Kathleen (Collette).
Young will play Martha Ratliff, one of Michael Peterson’s adopted daughters.
The series is based on the docuseries and various books and reports on the case of Michael Peterson, who was convicted in 2003 of murdering Kathleen two years earlier. The charge was reduced to manslaughter in 2017, and Peterson subsequently was released from prison. He had claimed his wife died after falling down the stairs at their home after consuming alcohol and Valium, but...
- 6/7/2021
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
“The Staircase” series at HBO Max has cast Odessa Young, Variety has learned.
She joins previously announced cast members Colin Firth, Toni Collette, Parker Posey, Juliette Binoche, Rosemarie DeWitt, and Sophie Turner.
The eight-episode series is based on the docuseries of the same name as well as various books and reports about the case of Michael Peterson (Firth), who was accused of murdering his wife, Kathleen (Collette), in 2001. He claimed she died after falling down the stairs at their home, but police suspected he bludgeoned her to death and staged the scene to look like an accident.
Young will play Martha Ratliff, one of Michael Peterson’s adopted daughters. Her role in the series reunites her with Firth, with whom she stars in the upcoming feature “Mothering Sunday,” based on the Graham Swift novel of the same name from director Eva Husson and writer Alice Birch. The film will debut at the Cannes Film Festival.
She joins previously announced cast members Colin Firth, Toni Collette, Parker Posey, Juliette Binoche, Rosemarie DeWitt, and Sophie Turner.
The eight-episode series is based on the docuseries of the same name as well as various books and reports about the case of Michael Peterson (Firth), who was accused of murdering his wife, Kathleen (Collette), in 2001. He claimed she died after falling down the stairs at their home, but police suspected he bludgeoned her to death and staged the scene to look like an accident.
Young will play Martha Ratliff, one of Michael Peterson’s adopted daughters. Her role in the series reunites her with Firth, with whom she stars in the upcoming feature “Mothering Sunday,” based on the Graham Swift novel of the same name from director Eva Husson and writer Alice Birch. The film will debut at the Cannes Film Festival.
- 6/7/2021
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
As principal photography has wrapped in the UK on Eva Husson’s ‘Mothering Sunday’ featuring Josh O’Connor, a first look image has been released.
The film, which stars Odessa Young, O’Connor, Oscar winner Colin Firth, Oscar winner Olivia Colman and Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù centres on March 30, 1924, in Beechwood, England. Jane Fairchild (Odessa Young), a maid in the Niven household, has the day off to celebrate Mothering Sunday while Mr and Mrs Niven (Colin Firth and Olivia Colman) attend a lunch to celebrate the engagement of their neighbour’s only remaining son, Paul (Josh O’Connor).
Although Jane rejoices at her freedom on an unseasonably hot, beautiful spring day, she has no mother to go to—and for almost seven years she has, joyfully and without shame, been Paul’s lover. Like the Nivens, Paul belongs to England’s old- monied social class, whereas Jane was orphaned at birth. With the house conveniently empty,...
The film, which stars Odessa Young, O’Connor, Oscar winner Colin Firth, Oscar winner Olivia Colman and Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù centres on March 30, 1924, in Beechwood, England. Jane Fairchild (Odessa Young), a maid in the Niven household, has the day off to celebrate Mothering Sunday while Mr and Mrs Niven (Colin Firth and Olivia Colman) attend a lunch to celebrate the engagement of their neighbour’s only remaining son, Paul (Josh O’Connor).
Although Jane rejoices at her freedom on an unseasonably hot, beautiful spring day, she has no mother to go to—and for almost seven years she has, joyfully and without shame, been Paul’s lover. Like the Nivens, Paul belongs to England’s old- monied social class, whereas Jane was orphaned at birth. With the house conveniently empty,...
- 11/10/2020
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Production has wrapped on Eva Husson’s star-studded “Mothering Sunday,” which was among the first crop of major features to start rolling cameras amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The film has now completed principal photography in the U.K., producers Elizabeth Karlsen and Stephen Woolley of Number 9 Films confirmed to Variety. Rocket Science is handling international sales and is presenting the film to buyers at the American Film Market (AFM) this week.
The film — whose title references the U.K.’s loose equivalent of Mother’s Day, which takes place in March — is set in 1924. It follows Jane Fairchild (Odessa Young), a maid in the wealthy Niven household, who has the day off to celebrate Mothering Sunday while Mr. and Mrs. Niven (Colin Firth and Olivia Colman) attend a lunch to mark the engagement of their neighbor’s only remaining son, Paul (Josh O’Connor).
The day is particularly significant for Jane,...
The film has now completed principal photography in the U.K., producers Elizabeth Karlsen and Stephen Woolley of Number 9 Films confirmed to Variety. Rocket Science is handling international sales and is presenting the film to buyers at the American Film Market (AFM) this week.
The film — whose title references the U.K.’s loose equivalent of Mother’s Day, which takes place in March — is set in 1924. It follows Jane Fairchild (Odessa Young), a maid in the wealthy Niven household, who has the day off to celebrate Mothering Sunday while Mr. and Mrs. Niven (Colin Firth and Olivia Colman) attend a lunch to mark the engagement of their neighbor’s only remaining son, Paul (Josh O’Connor).
The day is particularly significant for Jane,...
- 11/10/2020
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
Distributor bolsters awards season prospects for this season and beyond.
Sony Pictures Classics (SPC) has acquired all rights in North America and multiple territories to the in-production romance Mothering Sunday starring Josh O’Connor, Odessa Young, Olivia Colman, Colin Firth and Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù.
Separately, it emerged on Wednesday (September 23) that the distributor has also picked up North American rights to Pedro Almodóvar’s short film The Human Voice starring Tilda Swinton. FilmNation handles international sales.
Production on Mothering Sunday began this week in the UK. Eva Husson, whose credits include Bang Gang (A Modern Love Story) and 2018 Cannes competition entry Girls Of The Sun...
Sony Pictures Classics (SPC) has acquired all rights in North America and multiple territories to the in-production romance Mothering Sunday starring Josh O’Connor, Odessa Young, Olivia Colman, Colin Firth and Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù.
Separately, it emerged on Wednesday (September 23) that the distributor has also picked up North American rights to Pedro Almodóvar’s short film The Human Voice starring Tilda Swinton. FilmNation handles international sales.
Production on Mothering Sunday began this week in the UK. Eva Husson, whose credits include Bang Gang (A Modern Love Story) and 2018 Cannes competition entry Girls Of The Sun...
- 9/23/2020
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Production began this week in UK.
Sony Pictures Classics (Spc) has acquired all rights in North America and multiple territories to the in-production romance Mothering Sunday starring Josh O’Connor, Odessa Young, Olivia Colman, and Colin Firth.
Production began this week in the UK. Eva Husson, whose credits include Bang Gang (A Modern Love Story) and 2018 Cannes competition entry Girls Of The Sun directs for the UK’s Number 9 Films and Film4.
Spc has also acquired the film for Latin America, India, pan-Asia (excluding Japan), the Middle East, Eastern Europe, Turkey, and airlines and ships worldwide.
Lionsgate UK has picked up...
Sony Pictures Classics (Spc) has acquired all rights in North America and multiple territories to the in-production romance Mothering Sunday starring Josh O’Connor, Odessa Young, Olivia Colman, and Colin Firth.
Production began this week in the UK. Eva Husson, whose credits include Bang Gang (A Modern Love Story) and 2018 Cannes competition entry Girls Of The Sun directs for the UK’s Number 9 Films and Film4.
Spc has also acquired the film for Latin America, India, pan-Asia (excluding Japan), the Middle East, Eastern Europe, Turkey, and airlines and ships worldwide.
Lionsgate UK has picked up...
- 9/23/2020
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Sony Pictures Classics have acquired rights to “Mothering Sunday” starring Odessa Young and Colin Firth, the studio announced on Wednesday. The rights extend to North America, Latin America, India, Pan Asia (excluding Japan), the Middle East, Eastern Europe, Turkey, and airlines and ships worldwide.
The film, directed by Eva Husson, also stars Josh O’Connor, Olivia Colman, and Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù.
“Mothering Sunday” is written by Alice Birch (“Succession”), who adapted the screenplay from Graham Swift’s novel of the same name.
“Mothering Sunday” centers on March 30, 1924 in Beechwood, England. Jane Fairchild (Young), a maid in the Niven household, has the day off to celebrate Mothering Sunday while Mr. and Mrs. Niven (Firth and Colman) attend a lunch to celebrate the engagement of their neighbor’s only remaining son, Paul (O’Connor). Although Jane rejoices at her freedom on an unseasonably hot, beautiful spring day, she has no mother to go to...
The film, directed by Eva Husson, also stars Josh O’Connor, Olivia Colman, and Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù.
“Mothering Sunday” is written by Alice Birch (“Succession”), who adapted the screenplay from Graham Swift’s novel of the same name.
“Mothering Sunday” centers on March 30, 1924 in Beechwood, England. Jane Fairchild (Young), a maid in the Niven household, has the day off to celebrate Mothering Sunday while Mr. and Mrs. Niven (Firth and Colman) attend a lunch to celebrate the engagement of their neighbor’s only remaining son, Paul (O’Connor). Although Jane rejoices at her freedom on an unseasonably hot, beautiful spring day, she has no mother to go to...
- 9/23/2020
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
Sony Pictures Classics has picked up North America and key foreign rights to Eva Husson’s Mothering Sunday based on the bestselling novel by Graham Swift.
Spc will handle North America, Latin America, India, Pan Asia (excluding Japan), the Middle East, Eastern Europe, Turkey, and airlines and ships for the movie which stars Odessa Young (Assassination Nation), Josh O’Connor (The Crown), Colin Firth, Olivia Colman and Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù. Feature production began in the UK this week. Lionsgate UK has acquired the UK distribution rights and is planning a theatrical release in 2021.
Mothering Sunday centers on March 30, 1924 in Beechwood, England. Jane Fairchild (Young), a maid in the Niven household, has the day off to celebrate Mothering Sunday while Mr. and Mrs. Niven (Firth and Colman) attend a lunch to celebrate the engagement of their neighbor’s only remaining son, Paul (O’Connor). Although Jane rejoices at her freedom on an unseasonably hot,...
Spc will handle North America, Latin America, India, Pan Asia (excluding Japan), the Middle East, Eastern Europe, Turkey, and airlines and ships for the movie which stars Odessa Young (Assassination Nation), Josh O’Connor (The Crown), Colin Firth, Olivia Colman and Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù. Feature production began in the UK this week. Lionsgate UK has acquired the UK distribution rights and is planning a theatrical release in 2021.
Mothering Sunday centers on March 30, 1924 in Beechwood, England. Jane Fairchild (Young), a maid in the Niven household, has the day off to celebrate Mothering Sunday while Mr. and Mrs. Niven (Firth and Colman) attend a lunch to celebrate the engagement of their neighbor’s only remaining son, Paul (O’Connor). Although Jane rejoices at her freedom on an unseasonably hot,...
- 9/23/2020
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
‘Gangs of London’ star Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù has joined the cast of drama ‘Mothering Sunday’ alongside Olivia Colman, Colin Firth, Josh O’Connor and Odessa Young.
The film centres on March 30, 1924 in Beechwood, England. Jane Fairchild (Odessa Young), a maid in the Niven household, has the day off to celebrate Mothering Sunday while Mr. and Mrs. Niven (Colin Firth and Olivia Colman) attend a lunch to celebrate the engagement of their neighbour’s only remaining son, Paul (Josh O’Connor).
Although Jane rejoices at her freedom on an unseasonably hot, beautiful spring day, she has no mother to go to—and for almost seven years she has, joyfully and without shame, been Paul’s lover. Like the Nivens, Paul belongs to England’s old-monied social class, whereas Jane was orphaned at birth. With the house conveniently empty, they can finally meet in Paul’s bedroom for the first time. Today will be their last as lovers.
The film centres on March 30, 1924 in Beechwood, England. Jane Fairchild (Odessa Young), a maid in the Niven household, has the day off to celebrate Mothering Sunday while Mr. and Mrs. Niven (Colin Firth and Olivia Colman) attend a lunch to celebrate the engagement of their neighbour’s only remaining son, Paul (Josh O’Connor).
Although Jane rejoices at her freedom on an unseasonably hot, beautiful spring day, she has no mother to go to—and for almost seven years she has, joyfully and without shame, been Paul’s lover. Like the Nivens, Paul belongs to England’s old-monied social class, whereas Jane was orphaned at birth. With the house conveniently empty, they can finally meet in Paul’s bedroom for the first time. Today will be their last as lovers.
- 9/22/2020
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Exclusive: Lionsgate UK and Gangs Of London star Sope Dirisu have joined Number 9 Films’ (Carol) feature drama Mothering Sunday, which is now underway in UK .
As we revealed earlier this year, the film will also star Odessa Young, BAFTA-nominee Josh O’Connor and Oscar winners Colin Firth and Olivia Colman.
Director Eva Husson’s (Girls Of The Sun) movie is written by Emmy-nominee Alice Birch, and is based on the novel of the same name by Graham Swift.
The story focuses on the day of March 30, 1924 in Beechwood, England. Jane Fairchild (Young), a maid in the Niven household, has the day off to celebrate Mothering Sunday while Mr. and Mrs. Niven (Firth and Colman) attend a lunch to celebrate the engagement of their neighbor’s only remaining son, Paul (O’Connor). Although Jane rejoices at her freedom on an unseasonably hot, beautiful spring day, she has no mother...
As we revealed earlier this year, the film will also star Odessa Young, BAFTA-nominee Josh O’Connor and Oscar winners Colin Firth and Olivia Colman.
Director Eva Husson’s (Girls Of The Sun) movie is written by Emmy-nominee Alice Birch, and is based on the novel of the same name by Graham Swift.
The story focuses on the day of March 30, 1924 in Beechwood, England. Jane Fairchild (Young), a maid in the Niven household, has the day off to celebrate Mothering Sunday while Mr. and Mrs. Niven (Firth and Colman) attend a lunch to celebrate the engagement of their neighbor’s only remaining son, Paul (O’Connor). Although Jane rejoices at her freedom on an unseasonably hot, beautiful spring day, she has no mother...
- 9/22/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
“Without it we wouldn’t be filming,” said producer Elizabeth Karlsen.
UK filmmakers have reacted with relief to the details revealed in the UK government’s £500 million Film & TV Production Restart Scheme, which will provide Covid-related insurance to independent productions, which was finally published on Thursday (September 17).
“Without it, we wouldn’t be filming,” said Elizabeth Karlsen of Number 9 Films on the day Eva Husson’s romantic drama Mothering Sunday has started shooting in the UK. ”Unless you can self-insure, which independent productions 99% can’t, it would be impossible to proceed without Covid insurance.”
The industry is unanimous in welcoming...
UK filmmakers have reacted with relief to the details revealed in the UK government’s £500 million Film & TV Production Restart Scheme, which will provide Covid-related insurance to independent productions, which was finally published on Thursday (September 17).
“Without it, we wouldn’t be filming,” said Elizabeth Karlsen of Number 9 Films on the day Eva Husson’s romantic drama Mothering Sunday has started shooting in the UK. ”Unless you can self-insure, which independent productions 99% can’t, it would be impossible to proceed without Covid insurance.”
The industry is unanimous in welcoming...
- 9/18/2020
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
Producers hope to shoot the UK film this year.
Josh O’Connor, Odessa Young, Olivia Colman and Colin Firth have signed to star Eva Husson’s romantic drama Mothering Sunday for the UK’s Number 9 Films and Film4. Rocket Science is handling sales and introducing to buyers at this week’s Cannes virtual market.
Mothering Sunday is based on Graham Swift’s novella of the same name which is set in 1924 in England. Alice Birch has written the adaptation. Her credits include the Bifa award-winning screenplay for William Oldroyd’s Lady Macbeth, Element Pictures’ TV series Normal People and HBO’s Succession.
Josh O’Connor, Odessa Young, Olivia Colman and Colin Firth have signed to star Eva Husson’s romantic drama Mothering Sunday for the UK’s Number 9 Films and Film4. Rocket Science is handling sales and introducing to buyers at this week’s Cannes virtual market.
Mothering Sunday is based on Graham Swift’s novella of the same name which is set in 1924 in England. Alice Birch has written the adaptation. Her credits include the Bifa award-winning screenplay for William Oldroyd’s Lady Macbeth, Element Pictures’ TV series Normal People and HBO’s Succession.
- 6/25/2020
- by 88¦Louise Tutt¦115¦
- ScreenDaily
Odessa Young, Josh O’Connor, Olivia Colman and Colin Firth will star in “Mothering Sunday” for director Eva Husson. Rocket Science is handling sales.
Alice Birch penned the screenplay from the bestselling novel by Graham Swift.
Elizabeth Karlsen and Stephen Woolley’s Number 9 Films will produce the film, with financing from Film4 and Ingenious. The film has been developed with the support of Film4 and the BFI awarding National Lottery funding. It will shoot on location in the U.K. this Autumn.
The project has already attracted a stellar set of head of departments with Sandy Powell on board as costume designer, cinematographer Jamie Ramsay, make-up designer Nadia Stacey (“The Favourite”), production designer Helen Scott and editor Emilie Orsini.
The film is set in 1924 at Beechwood, England. Jane Fairchild, a maid in the Niven household, has the day off to celebrate Mothering Sunday while Mr. and Mrs. Niven attend a lunch...
Alice Birch penned the screenplay from the bestselling novel by Graham Swift.
Elizabeth Karlsen and Stephen Woolley’s Number 9 Films will produce the film, with financing from Film4 and Ingenious. The film has been developed with the support of Film4 and the BFI awarding National Lottery funding. It will shoot on location in the U.K. this Autumn.
The project has already attracted a stellar set of head of departments with Sandy Powell on board as costume designer, cinematographer Jamie Ramsay, make-up designer Nadia Stacey (“The Favourite”), production designer Helen Scott and editor Emilie Orsini.
The film is set in 1924 at Beechwood, England. Jane Fairchild, a maid in the Niven household, has the day off to celebrate Mothering Sunday while Mr. and Mrs. Niven attend a lunch...
- 6/25/2020
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Rising actress Odessa Young (Assassination Nation), BAFTA-nominee Josh O’Connor (The Crown), Oscar-winner Olivia Colman (The Favourite) and Oscar-winner Colin Firth (The King’s Speech) are set to star in drama Mothering Sunday for Carol producers Number 9 Films.
The blue chip period-drama becomes one of the hottest UK projects at the Cannes virtual market where Rocket Science is launching world sales.
Eva Husson (Girls Of The Sun) will direct from Succession and Normal People scribe Alice Birch’s adaptation of Graham Swift’s acclaimed novel.
Set over a day in 1924, the story follows Jane Fairchild (Young), a maid in the Niven household, who has the day off to celebrate Mothering Sunday while Mr and Mrs Niven (Firth and Colman) attend a lunch to celebrate the engagement of their neighbor’s only remaining son, Paul (O’Connor), to Emma Hobday. Jane rejoices at her freedom on an unseasonably hot, beautiful spring day.
The blue chip period-drama becomes one of the hottest UK projects at the Cannes virtual market where Rocket Science is launching world sales.
Eva Husson (Girls Of The Sun) will direct from Succession and Normal People scribe Alice Birch’s adaptation of Graham Swift’s acclaimed novel.
Set over a day in 1924, the story follows Jane Fairchild (Young), a maid in the Niven household, who has the day off to celebrate Mothering Sunday while Mr and Mrs Niven (Firth and Colman) attend a lunch to celebrate the engagement of their neighbor’s only remaining son, Paul (O’Connor), to Emma Hobday. Jane rejoices at her freedom on an unseasonably hot, beautiful spring day.
- 6/25/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
The speakers are Elizabeth Karlsen of Number 9 Films, Mike Elliott of Emu Films and Andrew Lowe of Element Pictures.
This Screen Talk webinar is taking place on Thursday May 7 at 15.00 BST. Three leading independent producers will share experiences and debate ways the UK can restart production as it moves out of lockdown. How can insurance issues be surmounted? Will actors, crew and directors still be available? What might a ‘Covid-safe’ shoot look like?
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The speakers are Elizabeth Karlsen of Number 9 Films, Mike Elliott of Emu Films and Andrew Lowe of Element Pictures.
The 30-minute discussion...
This Screen Talk webinar is taking place on Thursday May 7 at 15.00 BST. Three leading independent producers will share experiences and debate ways the UK can restart production as it moves out of lockdown. How can insurance issues be surmounted? Will actors, crew and directors still be available? What might a ‘Covid-safe’ shoot look like?
Click here to register
The speakers are Elizabeth Karlsen of Number 9 Films, Mike Elliott of Emu Films and Andrew Lowe of Element Pictures.
The 30-minute discussion...
- 4/30/2020
- by 14¦Screen staff¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
Number 9 Films has signed a first-look distribution deal for its films in Japan with Japanese studio Shochiku, the British independent announced Wednesday. As part of the multi-year deal, which will focus on Number 9’s slate of theatrical films, Shochiku will contribute to the production company’s overhead as well as development funding.
The first title to release through Shochiku has yet to be announced. Number 9’s development slate currently includes futuristic drama “The Assessor,” written by Nell Garfath-Cox and David Thomas, and “Mothering Sunday,” an adaptation of Graham Swift’s novel written by Alice Birch. Both projects are expected to go into production early next year and are being backed by the U.K.’s Film4.
Co-founded by Stephen Woolley and Elizabeth Karlsen (pictured) in 2002, Number 9 Films has produced a roster of acclaimed titles, specialising in female-led stories. Recent projects have included Todd Haynes’ multi-Oscar nominated “Carol,” starring Cate Blanchett...
The first title to release through Shochiku has yet to be announced. Number 9’s development slate currently includes futuristic drama “The Assessor,” written by Nell Garfath-Cox and David Thomas, and “Mothering Sunday,” an adaptation of Graham Swift’s novel written by Alice Birch. Both projects are expected to go into production early next year and are being backed by the U.K.’s Film4.
Co-founded by Stephen Woolley and Elizabeth Karlsen (pictured) in 2002, Number 9 Films has produced a roster of acclaimed titles, specialising in female-led stories. Recent projects have included Todd Haynes’ multi-Oscar nominated “Carol,” starring Cate Blanchett...
- 8/21/2019
- by Robert Mitchell
- Variety Film + TV
The Japanese company is looking for female-led prestige dramas.
Number 9 Films, the London-based producer behind Carol and Colette, has struck a first-look deal with Japanese studio Shochiku, which will have first option for distribution rights in Japan on its future titles.
The unusual pact follows Shochiku’s identification that prestige English-language, female-led titles perform well theatrically in Japan. Shochiku has had recent hits with Aisling Walsh’s Maudie, starring Sally Hawkins, and Bjorn Runge’s The Wife, with Glenn Close, both of which grossed around $1m in the territory.
It is the first deal of its kind for Shochiku outside Japan.
Number 9 Films, the London-based producer behind Carol and Colette, has struck a first-look deal with Japanese studio Shochiku, which will have first option for distribution rights in Japan on its future titles.
The unusual pact follows Shochiku’s identification that prestige English-language, female-led titles perform well theatrically in Japan. Shochiku has had recent hits with Aisling Walsh’s Maudie, starring Sally Hawkins, and Bjorn Runge’s The Wife, with Glenn Close, both of which grossed around $1m in the territory.
It is the first deal of its kind for Shochiku outside Japan.
- 8/21/2019
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
Carol and Colette producers Elizabeth Karlsen and Stephen Woolley, co-founders of Number 9 Films, are to receive the Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award at the 72nd BAFTAs on Sunday 10 February in London. Previous recipients of the prestigious BAFTA award include Mike Leigh, Kenneth Branagh, Ridley and Tony Scott, Working Title, John Hurt and BBC Films.
Producing duo Woolley and Karlsen are among the most prolific indie film producers working in the UK today. Woolley began his career in the mid-70s before owning and running iconic repertory cinema, the Scala. Alongside Nik Powell, he founded Palace Pictures, distributing more than 250 films from the likes of Mike Leigh and Ken Loach as well as international hits like Paris, Texas, When Harry Met Sally and The Evil Dead. On the production side, 1983 marked the beginning of his collaboration with Neil Jordan. The Company of Wolves was their first film together, which was nominated for four BAFTAs.
Producing duo Woolley and Karlsen are among the most prolific indie film producers working in the UK today. Woolley began his career in the mid-70s before owning and running iconic repertory cinema, the Scala. Alongside Nik Powell, he founded Palace Pictures, distributing more than 250 films from the likes of Mike Leigh and Ken Loach as well as international hits like Paris, Texas, When Harry Met Sally and The Evil Dead. On the production side, 1983 marked the beginning of his collaboration with Neil Jordan. The Company of Wolves was their first film together, which was nominated for four BAFTAs.
- 12/16/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
British independent producer Number 9 Films has set Claudia Yusef as its new head of development, the company announced Tuesday. Yusef will oversee development of all upcoming projects as well as focusing on discovering and nurturing emerging talent.
Yusef (pictured) joins Number 9 from Scottish Film Talent Network, where she was a talent development executive and ran the Scottish arm of the BFI’s emerging talent initiative BFI Network. She will report to Number 9 co-founders and producers Stephen Woolley and Elizabeth Karlsen.
“As a European-based production company embracing both film and television drama, we are reliant upon high quality scripts and original source material,” said Woolley and Karlsen in a statement. “Claudia’s enthusiasm and impressive credentials ensure that she can help take our company to a new level and enable us to continue pursuing our ambitious and challenging goals.”
Current feature projects in development at Number 9 include “So Much Love,...
Yusef (pictured) joins Number 9 from Scottish Film Talent Network, where she was a talent development executive and ran the Scottish arm of the BFI’s emerging talent initiative BFI Network. She will report to Number 9 co-founders and producers Stephen Woolley and Elizabeth Karlsen.
“As a European-based production company embracing both film and television drama, we are reliant upon high quality scripts and original source material,” said Woolley and Karlsen in a statement. “Claudia’s enthusiasm and impressive credentials ensure that she can help take our company to a new level and enable us to continue pursuing our ambitious and challenging goals.”
Current feature projects in development at Number 9 include “So Much Love,...
- 5/29/2018
- by Robert Mitchell
- Variety Film + TV
Yusef was previously a talent development executive for Scottish Film Talent Network.
Number 9 Films, the UK production company headed by Elizabeth Karlsen and Stephen Woolley, has hired Claudia Yusef as head of development.
Yusef, who will report to Woolley and Karlsen, will oversee development of all upcoming Number 9 projects, as well as discovering, nurturing and working with emerging talent.
She joins the company from Scottish Film Talent Network (Sftn), where she was a talent development executive and ran the Scottish element of BFI Network on behalf of Creative Scotland and the BFI.
She also managed several short film schemes, developing...
Number 9 Films, the UK production company headed by Elizabeth Karlsen and Stephen Woolley, has hired Claudia Yusef as head of development.
Yusef, who will report to Woolley and Karlsen, will oversee development of all upcoming Number 9 projects, as well as discovering, nurturing and working with emerging talent.
She joins the company from Scottish Film Talent Network (Sftn), where she was a talent development executive and ran the Scottish element of BFI Network on behalf of Creative Scotland and the BFI.
She also managed several short film schemes, developing...
- 5/29/2018
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Elizabeth Karlsen and Stephen Woolley’s Number 9 Films has appointed Claudia Yusef as the UK indie’s head of development. The exec, who joins from Scottish Film Talent Network, will oversee development of all upcoming projects at Number 9 as well as focusing on discovering, nurturing and working with emerging talent, reporting to Woolley and Karlsen.
At Sftn, Yusef was a talent development executive running the Scottish element of the new and emerging talent initiative, BFI Network, on behalf of Creative Scotland and the BFI. She also managed several short film schemes, developing and commissioning projects including the Bifa nominated 1745. Other responsibilities included running a first feature development slate, providing early-stage development funding and support for emerging filmmakers. Prior to Sftn, Yusef was a development executive at 42 Management and Production
Prolific and award-winning Number 9 is currently in development on So Much Love, an original...
At Sftn, Yusef was a talent development executive running the Scottish element of the new and emerging talent initiative, BFI Network, on behalf of Creative Scotland and the BFI. She also managed several short film schemes, developing and commissioning projects including the Bifa nominated 1745. Other responsibilities included running a first feature development slate, providing early-stage development funding and support for emerging filmmakers. Prior to Sftn, Yusef was a development executive at 42 Management and Production
Prolific and award-winning Number 9 is currently in development on So Much Love, an original...
- 5/29/2018
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
Fred Schepisi is attached to direct Andorra, an adaptation of American author Peter Cameron.s thriller/dark comic novel.
The protagonist is Alexander Fox, a 40-year-old Yank who ends up in the tiny nation of Andorra where he befriends an Australian couple who had moved there. Complications arise when Fox falls in love with the wife and a dead body is found floating in the harbour.
Jamie Bialkower.s Melbourne-based Jump Street Films optioned the novel in 2013 and he subsequently teamed up with Lizzette Atkins. Unicorn Films, who produced Sue Brooks. Looking for Grace. He wrote the screenplay with Cameron.
James Ivory and Natalie Miller are the executive producers. Miller.s Sharmill Films and Jump Street Films will distribute in Australia.
Bialkower tells If that filming is due to start in Europe in the first half of next year, probably in either Italy or the Czech Republic. He plans to partner with a European producer,...
The protagonist is Alexander Fox, a 40-year-old Yank who ends up in the tiny nation of Andorra where he befriends an Australian couple who had moved there. Complications arise when Fox falls in love with the wife and a dead body is found floating in the harbour.
Jamie Bialkower.s Melbourne-based Jump Street Films optioned the novel in 2013 and he subsequently teamed up with Lizzette Atkins. Unicorn Films, who produced Sue Brooks. Looking for Grace. He wrote the screenplay with Cameron.
James Ivory and Natalie Miller are the executive producers. Miller.s Sharmill Films and Jump Street Films will distribute in Australia.
Bialkower tells If that filming is due to start in Europe in the first half of next year, probably in either Italy or the Czech Republic. He plans to partner with a European producer,...
- 8/13/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
It's a lack of pretension that makes Ray Winstone so likable – so long as we don't start getting fancy notions of him as 'an actor'
I suspect Ray Winstone usually knows a good film from a bad one, but he has a world-weary calm that sees no need to let us in on the secret. Perhaps he has an inkling of how pleased we are to see him, and since he has had to declare bankruptcy twice so far as a professional actor he may take a certain gloomy pleasure in just being employed. There are actors well versed in elaborate, erudite answers to the question, "Why did you take this part?", but Winstone has the battered patience of a bloke who has seldom believed in "taking" a part rather than having the good/bad luck of ending up with it. It is that lack of pretension that leaves him so natural and likable,...
I suspect Ray Winstone usually knows a good film from a bad one, but he has a world-weary calm that sees no need to let us in on the secret. Perhaps he has an inkling of how pleased we are to see him, and since he has had to declare bankruptcy twice so far as a professional actor he may take a certain gloomy pleasure in just being employed. There are actors well versed in elaborate, erudite answers to the question, "Why did you take this part?", but Winstone has the battered patience of a bloke who has seldom believed in "taking" a part rather than having the good/bad luck of ending up with it. It is that lack of pretension that leaves him so natural and likable,...
- 11/18/2011
- by David Thomson
- The Guardian - Film News
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