Four Mothers

Four Mothers (2025)

Edward, a gay novelist saddled with caring for his elderly mother, finally finds himself on the brink of literary success. With pressure to go on a US book tour mounting, the last thing Edward 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.

Date of release
2025-04-04
TMDB
6.7 / 10 (27)
Runtime
1h 29m
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Director
Darren Thornton

Casting

Interesting facts

Four Mothers is a 2024 Irish comedy film co-written and directed by Darren Thornton, co-written by Colin Thornton, and starring James McArdle and Fionnula Flanagan. It is an Irish-set, English-language remake of the 2008 Italian film Mid-August Lunch.

Production

In 2019, Screen Ireland were devising an Irish-set adaptation of Gianni Di Gregorio's 2008 Italian film Mid-August Lunch, adapted by the Thornton brothers, Colin and Darren. In May 2022, it was confirmed that Darren Thornton would also direct and production would come from Eric Abraham and Jack Sidey's Portobello Films and Television and Martina Niland for Port Pictures.

Principal photography started in Dublin in May 2022.

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