Movie
The Children Act
Overview
In the midst of a marital crisis, a High Court judge must decide if she should order a life-saving blood transfusion for a teen with cancer despite his family's refusal to accept medical treatment for religious reasons.
Details
- Release date
- 2018-08-01
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- FilmNation Entertainment, BBC Film, Toledo Productions
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Emma Thompson as Fiona Maye
- Stanley Tucci as Jack Maye
- Fionn Whitehead as Adam Henry
- Jason Watkins as Nigel Pauling
- Anthony Calf as Mark Berner
- Paul Jesson as Humphrey
- Ben Chaplin as Kevin Henry
- Eileen Walsh as Naomi Henry
- Reena Lalbihari as Samaira
- Dominic Carter as Roger
- Paul Kemble as Keith
- Daniel Fritz as German Journalist
Crew
- Richard Eyre - Director
- Ian McEwan - Writer
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