THE CHILDREN ACT
by Richard Eyre
synopsis
British High Court judge Fiona Maye toils over a case involving a young boy diagnosed with cancer who refuses treatment on his family's religious beliefs.
| original title: | The Children Act |
| country: | United Kingdom, United States |
| sales agent: | FilmNation Entertainment (US) |
| year: | 2017 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | Richard Eyre |
| film run: | 105' |
| release date: | FR 1/08/2018, DK 23/08/2018, NO 24/08/2018, SE 24/08/2018, UK 24/08/2018, IE 24/08/2018, DE 30/08/2018, GR 30/08/2018, NL 20/09/2018, PT 20/09/2018, IT 18/10/2018, ES 23/11/2018 |
| screenplay: | Ian McEwan |
| cast: | Fionn Whitehead, Emma Thompson, Stanley Tucci, Ben Chaplin, Rupert Vansittart, Jason Watkins, Honey Holmes, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Anthony Calf, Dominic Carter |
| cinematography by: | Andrew Dunn |
| film editing: | Dan Farrell |
| art director: | Peter Francis, Darren Tubby, Su Whitaker |
| music: | Stephen Warbeck |
| producer: | Duncan Kenworthy |
| co-producer: | Celia Duval |
| executive producer: | Glen Basner, Ben Browning, Joe Oppenheimer, Beth Pattinson |
| production: | Toledo Productions Ltd, BBC Films, FilmNation Entertainment (US) |
| distributor: | eOne entertainmentOne, GEM Entertainment, Cinéart Netherlands B.V., Concorde Filmverleih, ARP Sélection, Vértigo Films, BIM Distribuzione, Spentzos Film, NOS Lusomundo Audiovisuais (NOS Audiovisuais) |