Florian Zeller is a contemporary French novelist, playwright, and screenwriter. Back in 2004, the playwright won the Prix Interallié for his novel "Fascination of Evil". Zeller wrote a trilogy of plays: "The Mother", "The Father", and "The Son". In 2020, the playwright himself directed a film based on the "The Father" part of the trilogy, starring Anthony Hopkins and Olivia Colman. The film received six Oscar nominations, including Best Picture, and Zeller won an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay. "The Father" was also nominated for four Golden Globe Awards and six British Academy Film Awards. The playwright's works have also been recognized with theatrical awards – both "The Mother" and "The Father" were awarded the prestigious Molière Award in France. Zeller's biography includes more than ten written plays.
The daily life of Anna, the main character of "The Mother", is a cocktail of sleeping pills, diazepam, and alcohol, with which she tries to push away depression, as well as the home and family for which she has lived until now. But how can a mother come to terms with the fact that her children have grown up, and learn to live for herself, take care of herself, and love herself?