The Mother (film)

The Mother
Theatrical poster
Directed by	Roger Michell
Produced by	Kevin Loader
Written by	Hanif Kureishi
Starring	Anne Reid Peter Vaughan Daniel Craig Danira Gović
Music by	Jeremy Sams
Cinematography	Alwin H. Küchler
Edited by	Nicolas Gaster
Distributed by	Sony Pictures Classics
Release date	14 November 2003 (2003-11-14)
Running time	112 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Budget	£1.5 million

The Mother is a 2003 British film directed by Roger Michell.

Plot

May (played by Anne Reid) is an ordinary grandmother from Northern England. When her elderly husband dies on a family visit to London, she recedes into the background of her busy, metropolitan children's lives. Trapped in an unfamiliar city, far from home, May fears that she has become another invisible older woman whose life is more or less over; she embarks on a sexual affair with Darren (Daniel Craig), a much younger, married handyman who is renovating her son's house and who is also her daughter's lover. As her sexual desire turns into emotional longing, May unwittingly embroils herself in a point-of-no-return situation, with devastating results for all those surrounding her.

Cast

• Anne Reid – May, mother to Bobby and Paula, widow of Toots
• Daniel Craig – Darren, Bobby's best friend and Paula's lover, a handyman
• Peter Vaughan – Toots, May's husband and Bobby and Paula's father
• Danira Gović - Au Pair
• Steven Mackintosh – Bobby, son of Toots and May, and brother to Paula
• Cathryn Bradshaw – Paula, daughter of Toots and May, and sister to Bobby
• Anna Wilson-Jones – Helen, Bobby's estranged wife
• Harry Michell – Harry, Bobby and Helen's son
• Rosie Michell – Rosie, Bobby and Helen's daughter

Awards and honours

External links

• Official site
• The Mother on IMDb

Awards and Accolades

• The Mother at Rotten Tomatoes