The Children Act

The Resource The Children Act
Label
The Children Act
Statement of responsibility
FilmNation Entertainment and BBC Films present ; producer, Duncan Kenworthy ; writer, Ian McEwan ; director, Richard Eyre
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Language
  • eng
  • spa
  • eng
  • eng
  • eng
Summary
Fiona Maye is a High Court judge in London ruling with wisdom and kindness over ethically complicated cases of family law. Fiona is tasked with ruling on the case of Adam, an exceptional boy who is refusing a life-saving blood transfusion. He is three months from his eighteenth birthday and legally still a child. Fiona visits Adam in the hospital and it has an extreme emotional impact on them both
Cataloging source
TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Original music by Stephen Warbeck; editor, Dan Farrell; director of photography, Andrew Dunn
Dewey number
791.43/72
Intended audience
MPAA rating: R; for a sexual reference
Language note
English dialogue; Spanish subtitles; subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH)
LC call number
PN1997.2
LC item number
.C45 2018
PerformerNote
Emma Thompson, Stanley Tucci, Ben Chaplin, Fionn Whitehead, Rosie Cavaliero, Honey Holmes, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Jason Watkins
Runtime
106
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
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