Coming to us on the same day as the trailer for his next film, Variety reports that British filmmaker Terence Davies intends to develop a feature based on Richard McCann‘s debut novel, Mother of Sorrows. The man is currently working on the project with Leopardrama; EU’s Media program are helping in the funding department.
Published in 2005, Sorrows “consists of 10 interwoven stories about two teenage brothers dealing with the death of their father and the influence of their strong, complex mother.” After its publication, it went on to win the Jon C. Zacharis First Book Award and was also nominated for the Stonewall Book Award for gay fiction.
“This is an important story because it touches the humanity in all of us,” stated Davies. “I love the delicacy of the book and its gentle odyssey from post-WWII optimism for the American Utopia to a deeper understanding of both maternal and filial love and an acceptance of mortality by surrendering to the light.”
Along with the forthcoming melodrama The Deep Blue Sea, he’s also planning another adaptation, Sunset Song, which was originally written by Lewis Grassic Gibbon in 1932. He’s a fellow who knows his drama, so I’m confident in thinking that Sorrows will be a great addition to the auteur’s filmography.
Are you excited to see Terence Davies direct the Mother of Sorrows adaptation?