Mother's Milk (film)

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Mother's Milk is a 2011 British drama film directed by Gerald Fox. [1] [2]

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Based on the 2006 novel of the same name by Edward St Aubyn, it explores the troubled relationships between the various members of an English family over a long summer.

It stars Thomas Underhill, Jack Davenport, Adrian Dunbar, Diana Quick, and Margaret Tyzack.

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References

  1. Peter Bradshaw (8 November 2012). "Review of Mother's Milk". The Guardian .
  2. "The Film Festival Guild | IFFW 2011".