Another Mother's Son
Based on the true story of Louisa Gould, the drama is set during World War II on the Nazi-occupied island of Jersey. Lou took in an escaped Russian POW and hid him over the war's course. The tension mounts as it becomes clear that Churchill will not risk an assault to recapture the British soil, and the island-community spirit begins to fray under pressures of hunger, occupation and divided loyalty. Against this backdrop, Lou fights to preserve her family's sense of humanity and to protect the Russian boy as if he was her own.
12 May 1937, Kensington, London, England, UK
1950, Worthing, Sussex, England, UK
17 January 1947, Lancaster, England, UK
3 March 1977, Swords, Dublin, Ireland
March 23, 2017
Beyond a presiding innocuousness, detecting active virtues in Christopher Menaul's film takes some digging.
March 23, 2017
Not alt-history but a true story from a Nazi-occupied English-speaking place, a hugely relevant reminder that resistance to injustice is an absolute imperative.
June 12, 2017
The little-known true story of Louisa Gould, a widow who sheltered a Russian POW in Nazi-occupied Jersey, has all the ingredients for a poignant and uplifting film, yet it's a lacklustre piece that would have been better as a TV drama.
March 20, 2017
The solemn score, plucky Brits and nasty Nazis are all familiar, but there's a lived-in feel that transcends cliché.
March 24, 2017
At first, there is a bit of a familiar taste to this true-life wartime tale. But it becomes something tougher.
October 05, 2017
The sets and costuming are era-appropriate, but director Christopher Menaul's no-frills approach usually boils down to 'point cameras at actors'.
March 23, 2017
Although the script tackles the dilemmas of resistance and collaboration, it never rises above the level of a television movie.
March 24, 2017
This is a story absolutely worth telling, the closing captions leaving us in no doubt about the heroism of average Channel Islanders during those darkest of hours.
March 23, 2017
It's the kind of story that has been told countless times, and here it's told in such a perfunctory, plodding way that it brings nothing new to the party.
March 20, 2017
If only the end result was as strong as its basic story and intent.
October 11, 2017
... a modest, timely and mostly admirable film that tells an astonishing story of heroism, as though that heroism was nothing special.
March 22, 2017
[Another Mother's Son] feels more like a TV movie than anything cinematic.
