Project Detail

Mothers and Daughters

Synopsis

Screwed-up supermodels, closet lesbians, mother-fixated transvestites or simply lonely, everyone needs a friendly ear and that is the chosen profession of Lorraine, a psychotherapist who 'brings everything down to the mother'. But to whom does the therapist talk? As her clients work through their issues Lorraine has to face the reality of her own destiny. Lorraine's devoutly Catholic mother Mary, having brought her children up very strictly, now has Alzheimer's. Mary cannot remember whether she has eaten and has lost control of her bodily functions. Lorraine delegates the problems of her mothers Alzheimer's between her cheque book and her sister, Nina, who has seen her dreams of a singing career and hopes of love and relationships slip by. Stagnation has turned to slow decline as Nina dedicates her life to caring for a woman she despises. The matriarch has become the infant and the relationship of the adult siblings disintegrates into all-out war and misunderstanding.

Details

Year: 2004
Type of project: Features
Running time: 83 mins
Format: DigiBeta
Director: Hannah Davis, David Conolly
Producer: Ben and Patrick Turley, Jean Boht and Carl Davis
Executive Producer: Lynda La Plante
Editor: George Mallen, Ben Turley
Screenwriter: Hannah Davis, David Conolly
Director of Photography: Ben Turley
Composer: Carl Davis
Principal cast: Joan Blackham, Jean Boht, Simone Bowkett, David Conolly, Caroline Burns Cooke, Hannah Davis, Miranda Hart, Alix Longman, Joanna Pecover, Emma Stirland, Jeffry Kaplow

Genre

Woman Director Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

La Plante Productions

Cougar Films and Dolly Pictures

Sales Company

Gavin Films

65-66 Dean Street
London
W1D 4PL
UK

T+44 (0)20 8432 2327

info@gavinfilm.com

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