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MM00251157

DVD The Children Act

Author: McEwan, Ian

Publication year: 2019

Language: English

Media DVD

Classification: DVD FILM

Publisher: 20th Century Fox Home Ent., 2019

Resource type: Physical

ISBN: MM00251157

Notes:

British drama in which a high court judge must make a life-or-death decision on behalf of a child while struggling with her own problems in her personal life. Putting her marriage and own self-interests on the back burner, Fiona Maye (Emma Thompson) puts her time and energy into a high-profile case which sees a 17-year-old Jehovah's Witness refuse a life-saving blood transfusion due to his religious principles. With the boy's condition worsening by the day, it is up to Fiona to ultimately decide whether to overrule the parents' and child's decision and enforce the blood transfusion or to grant the family their wish and dismiss it. When Fiona liaises with the boy herself to gain a greater understanding of his needs feelings of regret rise to the surface as she reflects on her failing marriage and her husband, Jack (Stanley Tucci), begs her to fight for their relationship. When the time comes for Fiona to lay down the law, which path will she choose and can she mend her broken bond wit

Based on the novel by Ian McEwan

Cast: Emma Thompson, Stanley Tucci, Fionn Whitehead, Jason Watkins, Ben Chaplin, Rosie Cavaliero, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Honey Holmes, Rupert Vansittart, Anthony Calf

Credits: director, Richard Eyre; writer, Ian McEwan; music, Stephen Warbeck; cinematographer, Andrew Dunn

Extent: 105mins, 1 DVD