Mother Mary
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“Where do ghosts go when you don’t need them anymore?”
Overview
David Lowery (The Green Knight) delivers a pop-psychodrama thriller with haunted undertones in Mother Mary, starring Anne Hathaway and Michaela Coel. Mother Mary (Hathaway) is a megastar diva who arrives, wet and dishevelled, on the rural manor doorstep of her former costume designer and ex-BFF Sam (Coel), begging for a last-minute dress to make her comeback performance a hit. Despite her success as an atelier Sam is still bitter about being abandoned when stardom called, and as the two women try to reignite their creative partnership the ghosts of complicated friendship find a way in.
“A singular, hypnotic, and formally unbound psychodrama”
“The impeccable Coel and imperious Hathaway prove the ultimate dynamic duo”
“Beautiful and bewitching”
Why See This Film
Tracks by Charli xcx, Jack Antonoff, and FKA Twigs (who also appear onscreen) bring a verisimilitude to Mother's GaGa-esque fame, even as the film shifts from an examination of celebrity into a more abstract world of movement and sound, culminating in sensory overload. Moving from two-hander chamber piece to frenetically physical finale, Mother Mary showcases the talents of its leads while subtly signalling the dedicated work of designers and craftspeople who make collaborative art possible.
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