The Children (1990)
- Directed by
- Tony Palmer
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 55m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 4.9 of 10 from 4 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A quiet English couple adopt two orphaned children but face tragedy when one child dies. The surviving child struggles with grief and the couple's relationship unravels under the strain.
melancholicslow-burnbleakemotionalvisually restrainedsomberintimateperiod-bound
What happens
The Children is a 1990 British–German drama film directed by Tony Palmer and starring Ben Kingsley, Kim Novak and Britt Ekland. It is based on the 1928 novel by Edith Wharton. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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