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The Children Act

The Children Act

DVD 2018

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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Explore Topics & Themes:
Blood Transfusion Moral and ethical aspects Fiction
Great Britain. Children Act 1989 Fiction
Great Britain. High Court of Justice Fiction
Jehovah's Witnesses Fiction
Teenage boys Conduct of life Fiction
Women judges Fiction
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Description:
1 videodisc (106 minutes) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 inches
polychrome
digital optical surround Dolby Digital 5.1
video file DVD video region 1
Target Audience Note:
Canadian Home Video Rating: NR
Saskatchewan Film and Video Classification: PG
MPAA rating: R; for a sexual reference
Notes:
Title from container
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
DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1
For private home use only
English dialogue; English and Spanish subtitles; subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH)
Control Number:
2597692
UPC:
031398293972
Other Authors:
Amuka-Bird, Nikki, 1976- actor
Cavaliero, Rosie, actor
Chaplin, Ben, actor
Eyre, Richard, 1954- film director
Holmes, Honey, actor
Lions Gate Entertainment (Firm), publisher
Thompson, Emma, actor
Tucci, Stanley, actor
Watkins, Jason, 1966- actor
Whitehead, Fionn, 1997- actor
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