Oranges and Sunshine (2010)

Directed by

Jim Loach

Genre

drama film

Country

Australia, United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 44m

Rated

M

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 90 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A social worker from England uncovers a government scheme that forcibly relocated thousands of poor British children to Australia. She works to reunite the now grown survivors with their families.

somberheavyemotionalslow-pacedmelancholichopefulrestrainedfactual

What happens

Oranges and Sunshine is a 2010 biographical drama film directed by Jim Loach, in his directorial debut, with a screenplay by Rona Munro, based on the 1994 book Empty Cradles by Margaret Humphreys. The film stars Emily Watson, Hugo Weaving and David Wenham. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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