The Children Act

The Children Act

2017 · 1 hr 45 min · R

Drama

Directors

Richard Eyre

Actors

  • Emma Thompson
  • Stanley Tucci
  • Reena Lalbihari

Credits: 4

Summary

As her marriage crumbles, a judge must decide a case involving a teenage boy who is refusing a blood transfusion on religious principle.

More about this movie

As her marriage to Jack Faye (Stanley Tucci) flounders, eminent High Court judge Fiona Maye (Dame Emma Thompson) has a life-changing decision to make at work - should she force a teenage boy, Adam Henry (Fionn Whitehead), to have the blood transfusion that will save his life? Her unorthodox visit to his hospital bedside has a profound impact on them both, stirring strong new emotions in the boy and long-buried feelings in her.

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