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Mother's Milk (DVD) (*)

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Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
129 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Documentary
Interactive Menu
Making Of
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2012 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Gerald Fox

Written By:
Edward St. Aubyn
Gerald Fox

Actors:
Jack Davenport ..... Patrick Melrose
Adrian Dunbar ..... Seamus Dorke
Isalinde Giovangigli ..... Eleanor Melrose Nurse
Jane How ..... Caroline
Annabel Mullion ..... Mary Melrose
Robert Portal ..... Jo
Laura Power ..... Hippy
Peggy Quetglas ..... Kettle
Diana Quick ..... Eleanor Melrose
Margaret Tyzack ..... Robert Melrose
Thomas Underhill

Synopsis:

A coruscating drama, based on an award winning novel, which explores the troubled relationships between the various members of an English family over a long summer when Eleanor, the stroke-afflicted old mother decides to give away her beautiful house in Provence to a New Age Foundation run by an Irish charlatan rather than to her own son and his young family. The story is told from the point-of-view firstly of Robert, an eight year old boy, then his increasingly drunken father, Patrick and also finally Mary, his long-suffering mother as they all struggle to come to terms with the loss of something they love desperately but increasingly realize will soon be gone forever. It is both a funny and moving tale of family discord.

Drama based on the semi-autobiographical novel by Edward St Aubyn about a family who struggle to cope when they are faced with losing their beloved summer home. When dying stroke victim Eleanor (Margaret Tyzack) decides to leave her house to shady Irishman Seamus (Adrian Dunbar) for the purpose of a New Age institute, instead of her son, Patrick (Jack Davenport), the family suffers a meltdown. Patrick feels betrayed and is driven to alcohol, as well as an extramarital affair. As his mother's condition worsens, can Patrick overcome his anger and make amends before it is too late?

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 26 February, 2013.