Four Mothers (15)

2024 Ireland

Dir. Darren Thornton

This witty, disarming, tender and uplifting comedy-drama of one Irish son juggling four very different mothers won the BFI London Film Festival 2024 Audience Award for Best Feature. An adaptation of Gianni Di Gregorio’s Mid-August Lunch (2008), it follows Edward, an up-and-coming novelist who is forced to balance press commitments with caring for his elderly mother. Pressure to go on a US book tour is mounting, but when his three closest friends head off on an impromptu holiday – and leave their own ageing mothers in Edward’s care too – he must juggle a burgeoning career with the care of four eccentric, combative, and wildly different ladies over the course of one chaotic and unforgettable weekend.

Tickets £5 (£1 child/student) available on the door or in advance from the Buxton Opera House box-office