FOUR MOTHERS

Synopsis

Irish author Edward Brady is beside himself when literary success calls to him from the US, but the timing couldn’t be worse: he must care for his ailing mother. Then, when his friends—who are (self-proclaimed) THE worst—abruptly fly to Spain for Pride, they saddle him with three more elderly mothers. Edward’s mother, mute from a recent stroke, communicates to him through wry facial expressions and an iPad that imparts her needs, requests, and matronly advice in a feminine robot voice. “Be. Con. Fi. Dent,” she taps onto her keyboard as Edward rushes to answer a Zoom call to give an author interview. Thanks to TikTok, he is now gaining long-awaited recognition for his queer coming-of-age novel, though his decision to travel overseas for a book tour is put on hold when he suddenly finds himself anchored, like the walls of a house, by four elderly mothers. With plenty of claustrophobic close-ups from the camera, Edward is neither here nor there, but loveably neurotic as he stumbles to get out of his own way long enough to claim his future, discovering among his uninvited guests a most unexpected allyship.

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