Mrs Lowry & son

91 minutes • 2019 • 6.7

The painter L.S. Lowry lived all his life with his dominating mother. Bed-ridden and bitter, Elizabeth worked tirelessly to get her bachelor son to quit painting, meanwhile never failing to voice her opinion about how he disappointed her.

It is soon obvious that it is his mother's contempt, not a lack of talent, that keeps him from succeeding. But his mother is also the reason he paints, because he is desperate to prove to her that he can create something to her liking. 

This both sorrowful and lighthearted drama depicts how the dysfunctional relationship between mother and son affected the great artist.