The Children
The love of a woman brought him back home. The love of the children brough him back to life.
1990 · 1h 28m · N/A
Drama
Directed by
Tony Palmer
Overview
After years working in Brazil, middle-aged engineer Martin Boyner returns to Switzerland to marry his longtime friend, the recently widowed Rose Sellars. En route, he encounters an old acquaintance and soon finds himself entranced by and then caring for her seven emotionally abandoned children. The oldest girl, Judith, quickly beguiles Martin with her unsettling blend of innocence and maturity. And suddenly Martin's orderly blueprint for the future is thrown into disarray as Judith's youth and spirit transform his routine life into a dangerously passionate new equation.
Director and cast
- Tony Palmer Director
- Ben Kingsley as Martin Boyne
- Kim Novak as Rose Sellars
- Karen Black as Sybil Lullmer
- Geraldine Chaplin as Joyce Wheater
- Britt Ekland as Zinnia Wrench
- Rupert Graves as Gerald Ormerod
- Marie Helvin as The Princess
- Rosemary Leach as Scopy
- Terence Rigby as The Duke of Mendip
- Donald Sinden Cast
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