Four Mothers
Director: Darren Thornton
Cast: James McArdle, Fionnula Flanagan, Niamh Cusack, Dearbhla Molloy
Sunday 27 April, 2025 1PM
​Ottawa Art Gallery, Alma Duncan Salon
2024 89min
An Irish twist on the acclaimed Italian hit Mid-August Lunch, this uplifting comedy and tender drama takes an unlikely found family on a journey to embrace life.
Co-written and directed by Darren Thornton (director of IFFO 2017 opener A Date for Mad Mary), Four Mothers is a comedy that tells the story of a novelist (Edward) on the brink of success but is suddenly pulled into caring for his aging mother and her friends.
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With pressure to go on a US book tour mounting, the last thing Edward (James McArdle) needs is his friends jetting off to Spain for an impromptu Pride holiday, leaving their mothers on his doorstep! Over a chaotic weekend, he has to juggle his burgeoning career with the care of four eccentric, combative, and wildly different ladies.
In The Media
'Four Mothers' Review: A Toasty-Warm Irish Mother-Son Comedy
'Sing Street' Producer Sets Cast For 'Mid-August Lunch' Adaptation
Heartbeat actress Niamh Cusack now from famous son to long acting career - YorkshireLive​​​​​
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