LOS ANGELES — In making “My Mother’s Wedding,” Academy Award nominee Kristin Scott Thomas said she set out to draw upon a career that has spanned from the worlds Racine and Chekhov to the charm of Richard Curtis and the emotional depth of Anthony Minghella.
“My Mother’s Wedding” is a heartfelt story centering on three sisters coming together … on, you guessed it… their mother’s wedding — her third wedding after being twice-widowed. As the family gathers over a weekend to celebrate, mother and daughters revisit their past and confront the future.
“It’s [the film] a little slice of life in a family full of women,” Thomas told Spectrum News. “People who don’t have sisters should go and find out what it is like to have sisters, and people who do have sisters will recognize an awful lot of what is going on.”
For Thomas, “My Mother’s Wedding,” which she directed and co-wrote, is about family, the love family has for one another and the complications of life.
This image released by Vertical Entertainment shows Kristin Scott Thomas in a scene from “My Mother’s Wedding.” (Vertical Entertainment)
In making her directorial debut with “My Mother’s Wedding,” Thomas included some autobiographical truth to the storyline about a father and a stepfather, who are both Royal Navy pilots.
Thomas’ father and stepfather had the same Christian name, Simon, both were Navy pilots, and both tragically died in the same way — similar circumstances to those depicted in the film. Her mother would marry for a third time.
“I know he [my father] loved me. I know I loved him. My stepfather was a wonderful man who stepped in to take care of all of us children. There were lots of us. We were five,” Thomas told Spectrum News. “People can’t quite believe that, but it’s true. That’s what happened. That was my experience as a child. It made us who we are. We are all very different. I would not be the same person had my father survived.”
Thomas, who has cemented her place in cinema history, told Spectrum News she isn’t quite ready to get up from the director’s chair. She already has something up her sleeve. You can also catch her on “Slow Horses” on Apple TV+.
“My Mother’s Wedding” is now playing in theaters. It stars Scarlett Johansson, Sienna Miller and Emily Beecham.
Click the video above to watch the full interview with Kristin Scott Thomas.
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