The Children Act
2017 · Movie · 105 min. · United Kingdom
British High Court judge Fiona Maye is a judge in a life-and-death situation when her court is faced with a teenage boy whose life can be saved — decrees materia medica — only by a blood transfusion. Based on religious objection, his Jehovah’s Witness parents refuse medical intervention.
Direction Richard Eyre
Cast Emma Thompson · Stanley Tucci · Fionn Whitehead · Jason Watkins · Ben Chaplin · Rupert Vansittart · Anthony Calf · Rosie Cavaliero · Andrew Havill · Nicholas Jones · Dominic Carter · Micah Balfour · Nikki Amuka-Bird · Des McAleer · Eileen Walsh · Alex Felton · Honey Holmes · Chris Wilson · Daniel Eghan · Flor Ferraco · Ty Hurley
Soundtrack Stephen Warbeck
Screenplay Ian McEwan
Cinematography Andrew Dunn
Original title The Children Act
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