The Children Act

The Children Act

We all make choices. Hers make history.

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Release Date

8/1/2018

Runtime

105 mins

Genres

Overview

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.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

$17,696,794

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A quietly intense courtroom and character study that probes the collision between law, conscience, and religious conviction. The film tracks a judge wrestling with both a profound legal dilemma and her own unraveling life, finding that principled decisions rarely resolve cleanly.

Mood

TenseContemplativeMelancholic

Themes

JusticeFaithFamilyIdentityPower

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Meditative

Look

Naturalistic

Structure

Linear

Heads up

Child endangerment

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