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    The Children

    88'

    1990-05-18

    4.9

    The love of a woman brought him back home. The love of the children brough him back to life.

    Drama

    Overview:

    After years working in Brazil, middle-aged engineer Martin Boyner returns to Switzerland to marry his longtime friend, the recently widowed Rose Sellars. En route, he encounters an old acquaintance and soon finds himself entranced by and then caring for her seven emotionally abandoned children. The oldest girl, Judith, quickly beguiles Martin with her unsettling blend of innocence and maturity. And suddenly Martin's orderly blueprint for the future is thrown into disarray as Judith's youth and spirit transform his routine life into a dangerously passionate new equation.

    DirectingTony PalmerWritingEdith Wharton

    Cast

    4

    Martin Boyne

    Ben Kingsley

    2

    Rose Sellars

    Kim Novak

    2

    Sybil Lullmer

    Karen Black

    3

    Joyce Wheater

    Geraldine Chaplin

    2

    Zinnia Wrench

    Britt Ekland

    3

    Gerald Ormerod

    Rupert Graves

    1

    The Princess

    Marie Helvin

    1

    Scopy

    Rosemary Leach

    1

    The Duke of Mendip

    Terence Rigby

    1

    Lord Wrench

    Donald Sinden

    1

    Azariah Dobree

    Robert Stephens

    1

    Cliffe Wheater

    Joe Don Baker

    1

    Judith

    Siri Neal

    1

    Terry

    Mark Asquith

    1

    Blanca

    Anouk Fontaine

    1

    Bun

    Ian Hawkes

    1

    Zinnie

    Hermione Eyre

    1

    Beechy

    Eileen Hawkes

    1

    Chip

    Edward Michie

    1

    Else Quecke

    1

    Lola Müthel

    1

    Anne Clements

    1

    Brook Williams

    Details:

    • Budget: 0
    • Home page
    • Revenue: 0
    • List of countries:
      1. United Kingdom
    • List of languages:
      1. English
    • List of companies:
      1. Isolde Films
      2. Hemdale Film Corporation
      3. Arbo-Film
      4. Maran Film
      5. Film4 Productions
    • Vote Count: 4
    • Popularity: 0.5156
    • Status: Released
    • Original title:The Children

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