Dir. Eva Husson
2021 | 110 mins | UK
Olivia Coleman, Colin Firth, Josh O’Connor

SHOWING TIMES:

• Fri 26 Nov: 1pm
• Fri 26 Nov: 5.30pm
• Sat 27 Nov: 2pm
• Sat 27 Nov: 8pm
• Sun 28 Nov: 3.30pm
• Mon 29 Nov: 5.45pm
• Tue 30 Nov: 10.45am + Breakfast Deal
• Tue 30 Nov: 8pm
• Wed 1 Dec: 5.30pm
• Thu 2 Dec: 6pm

Screenwriter Alice Birch (Normal People, Lady Macbeth) and director Eva Husson (Bang Gang, Girls of the Sun) prove the perfect creative duo bringing rich sensuality to this film starting Olivia Colman, Josh O’Connor and Colin Firth.

Henley, in the mid-1920s, young maid Jane (Young) works for the Nivens, one of several local ‘grand’ families who have been devastated by the loss of sons in the First World War. Jane is having a secret, passionate affair with Paul (Josh O’Connor), the sole surviving son of the Nivens’ neighbours, and on Mothering Sunday, Jane has plans to bicycle over to Paul’s house while his parents and servants are away, for a secret rendezvous. But Paul is engaged to be married to someone else and Jane has ambitions to be a writer.

Eva Husson and director of photography Jamie Ramsay bring a vibrant physicality to this period setting, creating a substantial tenderness and sense of place.

TRIPLE F-RATED:

Directed by a woman, written by a woman and starring a significant woman.

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VENUE: EXETER PHOENIX, STUDIO 74

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