Four Mothers
First screened in August 2024
Director: Darren Thornton. Cast: James McArdle, Fionnula Flanagan, Dearbhla Molloy, Stella McCusker, Paddy Glynn, Gordon Hickey, Gearoid Farrelly, Rory O'Neill, Gaetan Garcia, Marie Ruane, Niamh Cusack, Derek Ugochukwu, Shane Bracken. Screenplay: Darren and Colin Thornton (inspired by Pranzo Di Ferragosto, aka Mid-August Lunch, written by Gianni Di Gregorio and Simone Riccardini and directed by Gianni Di Gregorio).VOR:③
No pathbreaker stylistically but a genuinely warm comedy and a rare portrait of elder care, older women, aging mothers, and their hung-up sons.
