104 mins |
Rated
M (Sex scenes, offensive language & nudity)
Directed by Eva Husson
Starring Olivia Colman, Odessa Young, Josh O’Connor, Glenda Jackson, Sope Dirisu, Sopé Dìrísù, Colin Firth
On a warm spring day in 1924, housemaid 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), the boy from the manor house nearby who is Jane’s long-term love despite the fact that he’s engaged to be married to another woman, a childhood friend and daughter of his parents’ friends. But events that neither can foresee will change the course of Jane’s life forever.
★★★★★ "Gorgeous, passionate, beautifully crafted" - Daily Mail
★★★★★ "Exquisite" - The Times
★★★★ "Superior, remarkable, superb" - The Telegraph
★★★★ "Passionate... a sensuous portrait" - Observer
★★★★ "An intelligent, affecting British drama with a splash of French sensuality." - Time Out
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On a warm spring day in 1924, housemaid 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), the boy from the manor house nearby who is Jane’s long-term love despite the fact that he’s engaged to be married to another woman, a childhood friend and daughter of his parents’ friends. But events that neither can foresee will change the course of Jane’s life forever.
★★★★★ "Gorgeous, passionate, beautifully crafted" - Daily Mail
★★★★★ "Exquisite" - The Times
★★★★ "Superior, remarkable, superb" - The Telegraph
★★★★ "Passionate... a sensuous portrait" - Observer
★★★★ "An intelligent, affecting British drama with a splash of French sensuality." - Time Out