Bridget (Kelly O’Sullivan) is thirty-four years old and works as a server. She is unsure where she is going or what she is doing with her life. But a summer working as a nanny for Frances (Ramona Edith Williams) will be one of self discovery for her. 

When we meet Bridget at a party she is listening to an older man unknowingly belittle her life choices before she hooks up with a younger guy called Jace (Max Lipchitz). An unexpected pregnancy will lead to an abortion whilst Bridget bonds with Frances and her two mothers Maya (Charin Alvarez) and Annie (Lily Mojekwu). 

Saint Frances is a brilliant film that will make you laugh and cry. The intimate moments between those involved are discussed openly and frankly and everyone involved feels like a fully formed human with their own hopes and fears. At one point in the film Bridget’s mother explains to her daughter that women should talk about taboo women’s issues more openly so as to make them not feel so alone and that is exactly what this film does. It discusses periods, post natal depression, abortion, breastfeeding in public and whose responsibility birth control is. But it does so in a comic and accessible way with characters that you truly begin to care about. 

Writer and star Kelly O’Sullivan and her partner Alex Thompson who directs have created a warm hearted brilliant film.