Mothering Sunday Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Plot

What's the story about?

Plot

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 an afternoon of abandon 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.

Drama

Top Cast

The lead cast starring in Mothering Sunday.

• O
  Odessa Young

  The Damned, Deliver Me from Nowhere

• J
  Josh O’Connor

  Steven Spielberg 2026 Project, Lee

• S
  Sope Dirisu

  Silent Night, Mr. Malcolm's List

• P
  Patsy Ferran

• E
  Emma D’Arcy

  House of the Dragon (Series)

• G
  Glenda Jackson

  The Great Escapers, The Great Escaper

• O
  Olivia Colman

  Paddington in Peru, Wicked Little Letters

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  Colin Firth

  Genius, Steven Spielberg 2026 Project

Crew Behind the Film

The Mothering Sunday behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's writer Alice Birch last wrote The End We Start From and The Wonder.

Director

Eva Husson

Screenwriter

Alice Birch

Production Details

What we know about the Mothering Sunday movie production.

Key Facts

• Based on the bestselling novel by Graham Swift.

Production Updates for Mothering Sunday

Aug 2021

Completed

Changed Mothering Sunday movie production status. The movie is ready for release.

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Additional Information

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Official Page and Social Links

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