The Children Act

(2018)

★ 6.6 IMDb · 659 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 2018

Runtime: 105 мин

Country: United Kingdom, United States of America

Director: Richard Eyre

Cast: Эмма Томпсон, Стэнли Туччи, Финн Уайтхед, Джейсон Уоткинс, Энтони Калф, Paul Jesson, Ben Chaplin, Eileen Walsh, Reena Lalbihari, Dominic Carter

Plot

In the midst of a marital crisis, a High Court judge must decide if she should order a life-saving blood transfusion for a teen with cancer despite his family's refusal to accept medical treatment for religious reasons.

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.