Four Mothers
Monday 11 August 2025
- Language: English with Open Captions
- Duration: 89 mins
| Monday 11 August
8pm |
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Dir: Darren Thornton
Cast: James McArdle, Fionnula Flanagan, Dearbhla Molloy
Edward is a gay Irish novelist whose career and love life have stalled due to the demands of caring for his ailing mother Alma. He’s kept sane by a group of friends in similar situations. That is until those friends spontaneously decide to make a break for a Pride festival in the Canaries, leaving their mothers on Edward and Alma’s doorstep. Suddenly, an already stressed Edward has not one but four very different older women to look after-and he’s soon pushed to breaking point.
Darren Thornton’s (A Date For Mad Mary) Ireland-set remake of the Italian film Mid-August Lunch is a guaranteed crowd-pleaser. The impeccable cast skillfully capture the film’s emotional core while delivering knockout comedy performances.
Audience Award-London Film Festival 2024
‘A perfectly cast film... with Fionnula Flanagan doing some of her best work’
★★★★ Harry Guerin, RTE
‘A clearly personal tribute to middle-aged Irish gay men, their working-class matriarchs and what it means to – finally – grow up’
Fionnuala Halligan, Screen Daily
‘Director Darren Thornton, who co - wrote Four Mothers with his brother Colin, handles [the] farcical elements beautifully... Comic spark abound’
Nick Davis, Sight & Sound
