Official Trailer
On a warm spring day in 1924, house maid and foundling Jane Fairchild (Odessa Young) finds herself alone on Mother's Day. Her employers, Mr and Mrs Niven (Colin Firth and Olivia Colman), are out and she has the rare chance to spend an afternoon of abandon with her secret lover, Paul (Josh O'Connor), the boy from the manor house nearby who is Jane's long-term love despite the fact that he's engaged to be married to another woman, a childhood friend and daughter of his parents' friends. But events that neither can foresee will change the course of Jane's life forever.
Director Eva Husson
Writers Alice Birch (screenplay) Graham Swift (novel)
Stars Odessa Young Josh O'Connor Colin Firth
Storyline
A maid living in post-World War I England secretly plans to meet with the man she loves before he leaves to marry another woman.
Details
Release date November 12, 2021 (United Kingdom)
Country of origin United Kingdom
Language English
Also known as Роман служанки
Production companies British Film Institute (BFI) Film 4Lipsync Productions
On a warm spring day in 1924, house maid and foundling Jane Fairchild (Odessa Young) finds herself alone on Mother's Day. Her employers, Mr and Mrs Niven (Colin Firth and Olivia Colman), are out and she has the rare chance to spend an afternoon of abandon with her secret lover, Paul (Josh O'Connor), the boy from the manor house nearby who is Jane's long-term love despite the fact that he's engaged to be married to another woman, a childhood friend and daughter of his parents' friends. But events that neither can foresee will change the course of Jane's life forever.
Director Eva Husson
Writers Alice Birch (screenplay) Graham Swift (novel)
Stars Odessa Young Josh O'Connor Colin Firth
Storyline
A maid living in post-World War I England secretly plans to meet with the man she loves before he leaves to marry another woman.
Details
Release date November 12, 2021 (United Kingdom)
Country of origin United Kingdom
Language English
Also known as Роман служанки
Production companies British Film Institute (BFI) Film 4Lipsync Productions
Category
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Short film