The children act. [videorecording (DVD)]

The children act. [videorecording (DVD)]

Publication Date
2018

Physical Description
1 videodisc (ca. 106 min.)

Subject Term
Drama films.
 
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Genre
Feature films.

Additional Contributors
Thompson, Emma.
 
Tucci, Stanley.
 
McEwan, Ian.

Performer
Emma Thompson, Stanley Tucci.

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.

Language
English

General Note
DVD.
 
Rated R
 
Screenplay written by Ian McEwan, based on his 2014 novel "The Children Act".


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