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The Children Act.

Contributor(s): Publisher number: R-126170-9 | Roadshow EntertainmentPublication details: Australia : Roadshow Entertainment, 2019.Description: 1 videodisc ( approximately 100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.4372 23
Production credits:
  • Directed by Richard Eyre ; produced by Duncan Kenworthy ; screenplay by Ian McEwan.
  • Original music by Stephen Warbeck; editor, Dan Farrell; director of photography, Andrew Dunn.
Cast: Emma Thompson, Stanley Tucci, Fionn Whitehead, Ben Chaplin, Jason Watkins, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Anthony Calf, Rosie Cavaliero, Eileen Walsh, Nicholas Jones, Rupert Vansittart.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.
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DVD Melbourne Athenaeum Library DVD CHI Available 068996
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Based on the novel by Ian McEwan.

Special features: commentary with the director, writer and producer.

Directed by Richard Eyre ; produced by Duncan Kenworthy ; screenplay by Ian McEwan.

Original music by Stephen Warbeck; editor, Dan Farrell; director of photography, Andrew Dunn.

Emma Thompson, Stanley Tucci, Fionn Whitehead, Ben Chaplin, Jason Watkins, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Anthony Calf, Rosie Cavaliero, Eileen Walsh, Nicholas Jones, Rupert Vansittart.

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.

Censorship classification : M.

DVD region 4 ; PAL.

English dialogue ; subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH). English audio description.

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