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| Directed by | Darren Thornton |
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| Based on | Mid-August Lunch by Gianni Di Gregorio |
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| Country | Ireland |
| Language | English |
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 .
Four Mothers had its world premiere at the BFI London Film Festival on October 13, 2024, and was theatrically released in Ireland and the UK on 4 April 2025, by Break Out Pictures and BFI Distribution.
A novelist on the brink of success must care for his aging mother and her friends. [1]
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. [2] 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. [3] That month, it was also confirmed that the cast would include James McArdle, Fionnula Flanagan, Dearbhla Molloy, Paddy Glynn and Stella McCusker. [4] Niamh Cusack is also amongst the cast. [5]
Principal photography started in Dublin in May 2022. [6]
The film had its world premiere at the BFI London Film Festival on October 13, 2024, where it won the Festival Audience Award. It was theatrically released in Ireland on 4 April 2025, by Break Out Pictures and BFI Distribution. [7]