After opening to critical acclaim at last year’s Toronto International Film Festival, A24 and Directv have just released the first trailer for The Children Act. Showcasing aspects of a courtroom drama paired with familial emotional beats, the trailer follows Fiona May, a High Court judge played by Academy Award-winning Emma Thompson.
The film tells the story of May, as she judges a deeply personal court case regarding the survival of teenager Adam (Dunkirk’s Fionn Whitehead). Restricted by his religious beliefs, which are instilled in him through his Jehovah’s Witness practice, Adam refuses the blood transfusion that could prove crucial to his Leukemia treatment. Confronted by Adam’s beliefs, as well as dealing with a faltering relationship with her husband (Stanley Tucci), Fiona May finds this case to be especially taxing – and her journey seems to make for a rather compelling film.
BAFTA-nominated Richard Eyre directs the film,...
The film tells the story of May, as she judges a deeply personal court case regarding the survival of teenager Adam (Dunkirk’s Fionn Whitehead). Restricted by his religious beliefs, which are instilled in him through his Jehovah’s Witness practice, Adam refuses the blood transfusion that could prove crucial to his Leukemia treatment. Confronted by Adam’s beliefs, as well as dealing with a faltering relationship with her husband (Stanley Tucci), Fiona May finds this case to be especially taxing – and her journey seems to make for a rather compelling film.
BAFTA-nominated Richard Eyre directs the film,...
- 6/14/2018
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
“The law can take over your life,” or so it’s teased in the new trailer for Directv and A24’s new film, The Children Act.
In the movie, based on the best-selling 2014 novel by Ian McEwan, Academy Award winner Emma Thompson stars as a London High Court judge, Fiona May (known in court as My Lady), who is faced with a life-changing predicament of deciding whether to give a teenage patient battling leukemia (Dunkirk’s Fionn Whitehead) the right to refuse a blood transfusion that could ultimately save his life. His reasoning: “God has told ...
In the movie, based on the best-selling 2014 novel by Ian McEwan, Academy Award winner Emma Thompson stars as a London High Court judge, Fiona May (known in court as My Lady), who is faced with a life-changing predicament of deciding whether to give a teenage patient battling leukemia (Dunkirk’s Fionn Whitehead) the right to refuse a blood transfusion that could ultimately save his life. His reasoning: “God has told ...
- 6/13/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
“The law can take over your life,” or so it’s teased in the new trailer for Directv and A24’s new film, The Children Act.
In the movie, based on the best-selling 2014 novel by Ian McEwan, Academy Award winner Emma Thompson stars as a London High Court judge, Fiona May (known in court as My Lady), who is faced with a life-changing predicament of deciding whether to give a teenage patient battling leukemia (Dunkirk’s Fionn Whitehead) the right to refuse a blood transfusion that could ultimately save his life. His reasoning: “God has told ...
In the movie, based on the best-selling 2014 novel by Ian McEwan, Academy Award winner Emma Thompson stars as a London High Court judge, Fiona May (known in court as My Lady), who is faced with a life-changing predicament of deciding whether to give a teenage patient battling leukemia (Dunkirk’s Fionn Whitehead) the right to refuse a blood transfusion that could ultimately save his life. His reasoning: “God has told ...
- 6/13/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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