Watch UK Trailer For Irish Comedy Four Mothers

BFI have released the official UK Trailer for Irish comedy Four Mothers.

The film starsFionnula Flanagan (The Guard, Waking Ned Devine), Dearbhla Molloy (Wild Mountain Thyme, Uncle Vanya), Paddy Glynn and Stella McCusker (Five Minutes of Heaven, You, Me and Marley). Niamh Cusack makes a cameo appearance as a medium and Rory O’Neill, aka Panti Bliss, one of Ireland’s best known drag performers, plays a therapist.

Four Mothers follows talented novelist Edward (McArdle) who is on the cusp of success of his work. Life is hard for him as he has to balance his job with caring for his elderly mother, Alma (Flanagan). With a U.S book tour on the horizon, Edward gets an unexpected surprise when his 3 friends take a holiday to Spain. Leaving their mothers in his care.

In Four Mothers we meet Edward, a novelist saddled with caring for his elderly mother, finally finds himself on the brink of literary success. With pressure to go on a US book tour mounting, the last thing Edward needs is his friends jetting off to Spain for an impromptu Pride holiday, leaving their mothers on his doorstep! Over a chaotic weekend, he has to juggle his burgeoning career with the care of four eccentric, combative, and wildly different ladies.

Four Mothers will be released in UK and Irish cinemas 4th April. The film will have one final festival premiere at Glasgow Film Festival on 3rd and 4th March [more details/book].