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Summary May is an ordinary grandmother from the suburbs. When her husband dies on a family visit to London, she recedes into the background of her busy, metropolitan children's lives. Stuck in an unfamiliar city far from home, May fears that she has become another invisible old lady whose life is more or less over. Until she falls for Darren,...

Directed By: Roger Michell

Written By: Hanif Kureishi

The Mother
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Summary May is an ordinary grandmother from the suburbs. When her husband dies on a family visit to London, she recedes into the background of her busy, metropolitan children's lives. Stuck in an unfamiliar city far from home, May fears that she has become another invisible old lady whose life is more or less over. Until she falls for Darren,...

Directed By: Roger Michell

Written By: Hanif Kureishi

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Production Company BBC Film, Free Range Films, Renaissance Films
Release Date May 28, 2004
Duration 1 h 52 m
Rating R
Tagline It can take a lifetime to feel alive.
London Critics Circle Film Awards
• 1 Win & 4 Nominations
European Film Awards
4 Nominations
AARP Movies for Grownups Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination