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The Children Act / FilmNation Entertainment and BBC Films present ; producer, Duncan Kenworthy ; writer, Ian McEwan ; director, Richard Eyre. , United States Great Britain - 1 videodisc (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Special features: commentary with the director, writer and producer. Based on the novel by Ian McEwan. Wide screen.

Emma Thompson, Stanley Tucci, Ben Chaplin, Fionn Whitehead, Rosie Cavaliero, Honey Holmes, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Jason Watkins.

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.

MPAA rating: R; for a sexual reference.


DVD.


English dialogue; Spanish subtitles; subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).

Standard No.: 031398293972 80

Publisher. No.: 55070 Lionsgate

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Great Britain. Children Act 1989 --Drama.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Blood--Transfusion--Drama.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Legal films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Historical films.