Age may not wither libido…

Roger Michell’s 2003 British film ‘The Mother’ based on a work of Hanif Kureishi ,is the story of May (Anne Reid),who, feeling lost and unwanted, seeks refuge in a friendship with the much younger Darren (Daniel Craig),her daughter’s boy friend. when this friendship turns into a torrid s*xual relationship, all the barely concealed hatreds and resentments in the family come out fighting. The Mother' is a drama of family breakdown and domestic alienation, full of ghastly people and loveless liaisons. May, really quite wonderfully portrayed by Anne Reid, is a virtual saint compared to the selfish monsters that surround her.