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Wednesday 30 March 2022
War, love, memory are explored in 'Mothering Sunday'

By JOCELYN NOVECK Day — but Jane is an or-
AP National Writer phan. So she heads off on
History is factual. History is a bicycle to tryst with her
chronological. History is lin- secret lover, law student
ear. But memory? Memory Paul Sheringham, the only
is none of those things. one of five boys, between
Memory is selective, mem- the three families, who sur-
ory is jumbled, memory vived the war.
travels in different direc- Their love, of course, is for-
tions. And so does "Moth- bidden. Jane even had to
ering Sunday," Eva Hus- witness the engagement
son's affecting and visually of her longtime lover to the
pleasing — if languorous daughter of the third fam-
— meditation on love and ily (while serving them all
loss, based on a woman's dinner, no less). The wed-
memory of an impact- ding is approaching, and
ful day that reverberates on this Sunday, the families
through her long life. are gathering by the river
At first, the leaps between to celebrate. But first, Paul
time periods — from the makes passionate love to
postwar '20s to the '40s to Jane, then leaves her to
the '80s — can feel jarring. This image released by Sony Pictures Classics shows Odessa Young, left, and Josh O’Connor in a explore the large family
Soon enough, though, Hus- scene from "Mothering Sunday." house naked, a liberating
son makes us understand Associated Press moment that sees her run-
that this is how memory ning her fingers along the
works, and the rhythm with true intimacy by a dren. You've never seen a we have none other than books in the library — a hint
makes sense. fresh-faced and thought- sadder or more desperate Glenda Jackson, playing of her future as a writer.
But "Mothering Sunday," ful Odessa Young and Josh Colin Firth, as a father who protagonist Jane Fairchild's This is no happy luncheon,
based on the 2016 novella O'Connor, very far from his tries to shoo away his grief older self, a half-century however, and not just be-
by Graham Swift and deftly repressed Prince Charles in with hopelessly fake cheer. into the future. But more on cause of a shocking event
adapted by Alice Birch, "The Crown." For the brac- These efforts do nothing to that in a moment. that will soon transpire.
isn't just about memory. It's ing intimacy — and the un- help Olivia Colman's Clar- Most of the action takes When Godfrey (Firth) tries
also about war — namely abashed nudity — one can rie, his wife, a once-viva- place in 1924, on a spring to make a cheery toast,
World War I and the devas- thank director Husson, who cious woman who's inhab- day in a pretty village Colman's Clarrie erupts,
tation it wrought on count- brings her very French, sex- ited a bitter shell since the where three families are life- giving harrowing voice to
less villages like the English ually frank approach to the death of their two sons in long friends. Jane (Young), the permanent pain they
one here, which lost an en- stuffy British upper class.. the trenches. Clarrie has maid of the Niven house- all feel. These 1924 scenes
tire generation of sons. But perhaps most affect- few lines but utters them hold, is serving breakfast are toggled with extensive
It's about love, too, and ingly, "Mothering Sunday" with a restrained agony when she's offered the day 1940s-era scenes, with a
sex, and also about class is about grief, etched in- you won't soon forget. off by her employers (Firth now older Jane (still Young)
— the indelible line that di- delibly on the faces of If that couple weren't and Colman). It's Mother- who is writing and working
vides our two lovers, played parents who've lost chil- enough dream casting, ing Day — aka Mother's in a bookstore. q

Media measuring company Nielsen to be acquired in $16B deal

global revenue of about tutional partners. year. Nielsen One, accord-
$3.5 billion. Nielsen Holdings Plc, based ing to the company, can
A group of private equity in New York City, turned deliver more comparable
investors led by Evergreen down the group's previ- and comprehensive met-
Coast Capital Corp., an af- ous offer, saying it had sig- rics across platforms rang-
filiate of Elliott Investment nificantly undervalued the ing from traditional televi-
Management L.P., and business. After it accepted sions to a host of other digi-
Brookfield Business Partners the revised over, shares of tal and streaming services.
L.P. along with institutional Nielsen jumped 22% at the The board at Nielsen has
partners will pay $28 for opening bell. voted unanimously in sup-
each outstanding Nielsen Nielsen has come under port the revised offer, and
share. criticism for failing to create the company will go pri-
Brookfield Business Partners new methods of capturing vate if the transaction
will invest approximately the amount of time people closes. However, there is a
$2.65 billion via preferred spend watching stream- 45 day go-shop period dur-
Alabama fans react as they watch television coverage of the
College Football Playoff national championship game against equity, convertible into 45% ing services, such as Netflix ing which Nielsen can look
Georgia, Monday, Jan. 10, 2022, in Tuscaloosa, Ala. of Nielsen's common equi- or Hulu. It has become a at and accept other offers,
Associated Press ty. The equity version of the much more complex task but breaking the agree-
deal is worth just over $10 as people now load con- ment with the private equi-
By MICHELLE CHAPMAN lion offer. billion, with the remainder tent on to phones, tablets ty group comes with a $102
AP Business Writer Viewing data collected in debt held by Nielsen. and other smart devices. million termination fee.
Nielsen is being acquired by Nielsen plays a big role Brookfield said Tuesday Nielsen is attempting to ad- The deal is expected to
for $16 billion, including in determining where bil- that it anticipates invest- dress those complaints and close in the second half of
debt, about a week after lions in advertising dollars ing approximately $600 is expected to launch a this year. It still needs ap-
the media measurement are spent each year. The million, with the remaining new cross-media measure- proval from Nielsen share-
company rejected a $9 bil- company itself has annual balance funded from insti- ment tool by the end of the holders and regulators.q