You might already know the outcome of their love affair if you are familiar with Swift’s novel but if not, there will be no spoilers here. And as the film passes the midway point, something does happen to bring about the end of their hidden relationship. There is the sense that they make the most of their time together in fear that it might be their last. It would be no surprise to suggest that things do not end well for Jane and Paul. It’s a good job the other servants aren’t around to witness their naked cavorting! They spend a lot of time in bed having hot, steamy sex, and when they’re not intertwined within one another’s bodies, they wander around the house with no clothes on. When Paul’s parents spend the day with Emma and the Nivens in Henley, he and Jane have the run of the Sheringham household. His parents would be appalled if they knew of his affair with Jane as would his fiancee Emma (Emma D’Arcy), who seems to be completely unaware of his clandestine meetings with the lowly housemaid. Thankfully, Jane doesn’t have to be alone on this day as she has a secret lover, Paul Sheringham (Josh O’Connor), who is the only surviving son of a well-to-do family. As Jane was orphaned as a young girl, she doesn’t have a family home to visit but the kindly Mr Niven allows her to have the day to herself anyway. This is Mothering Sunday, a day when maids are given the opportunity to have a day off and visit their mothers at home. The majority of the film takes place on one day: 30th March 1924. It centres on Jane Fairchild (Odessa Young), a young housemaid who works for stately couple Mr and Mrs Niven (Colin Firth and Olivia Colman).
Mothering Sunday, an adaptation of Graham Swift’s 2016 novella, is a British period drama that is steeped in tragedy. A British period drama steeped in tragedy
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