Project Detail

The Children Act

Synopsis

As her marriage to Jack founders, eminent High Court judge Fiona Maye has a life-changing decision to make. Should she force a teenage boy, Adam, to have the blood transfusion that will save his life? Her visit to his hospital bedside has a profound impact on them both, stirring strong new emotions in the boy and long-buried feelings in her.
Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2017 - Special Presentations - World premiere

Details

Year: 2017
Type of film: Features
Running time: 105 mins
Director: Richard Eyre
Producer: Duncan Kenworthy
Executive Producer: Glen Basner, Ben Browning, Joe Oppenheimer, Beth Pattinson, Charles Moore
Editor: Dan Farrell
Screenwriter: Ian McEwan (novel and screenplay)
Director of Photography: Andrew Dunn BSC
Production Designer: Peter Francis
Principal cast: Emma Thompson, Stanley Tucci, Fionn Whitehead

Genre

Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Toledo Productions, with support from FilmNation Entertainment, BBC Films

Toledo Productions Ltd.

Suite 44
10 Richmond Mews
London
W1D 3DD

Sales Company

FilmNation Entertainment

150 West 22nd Street, 9th Floor
New York
NY 10011
USA

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