The Child in Time

The Child in Time

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The Child in Time
The Child in Time

The Child in Time

6.1 | 1h30m | en | Drama

A successful writer of children's books, Stephen Lewis is confronted with the unthinkable—he loses his only child, four-year-old Kate, in a supermarket. In one horrifying moment that replays itself over the years that follow, Stephen realises his daughter is gone. Kate's absence sets Stephen and his wife on diverging paths as both struggle with an all-consuming grief.

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6.1 | 1h30m | en | Drama , TV Movie | More Info
Released: July. 05,2018 | Released Producted By: SunnyMarch , Pinewood Television Country: Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b096k75c
Synopsis

A successful writer of children's books, Stephen Lewis is confronted with the unthinkable—he loses his only child, four-year-old Kate, in a supermarket. In one horrifying moment that replays itself over the years that follow, Stephen realises his daughter is gone. Kate's absence sets Stephen and his wife on diverging paths as both struggle with an all-consuming grief.

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Cast

Benedict Cumberbatch , Kelly Macdonald , Stephen Campbell Moore

Director

Yvonne Lloyd

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SunnyMarch , Pinewood Television

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beatrice7 Beautiful, mystical story of grief and hope. Wonderful performances, especially Cumberbatch.
denisewillis-64989 This movie is hard to get into since it has many things going on. When the end came I thought that there was going to be a part two. There was not a part two-that was the movie in it's entirety. I did not like this movie. This is 90 minutes of my life that I will never get back.
nekosensei Generally speaking, children don't just disappear off the face of the earth. When a child is reported missing or murdered, parents and people known to the child are routinely investigated as persons of interest because stranger abductions are very rare. Nevertheless stories about missing children have a universal scare element that draws readers and viewers and has been the basis of some memorable films, from the 1975 arthouse classic Picnic at Hanging Rock to the true crime TV film Adam and the feature Without a Trace (both 1983), all of them made well before Ian McEwan published his novel A Child in Time. So he wasn't exploring new thematic territory as much as exploiting a very familiar theme that, if this adaptation is any indication, he didn't really have much interest in and threw away as soon as he'd gotten the reader's attention with it. Like previous reviewers I'm amazed at how quickly the parents give up their seach for their little girl. The nasty rageaholic mother even sneers at the father's attempt to put up posters asking for help--if this were another type of story she would probably turn out to be the murderer. But that's not the point, right? The point is for the filmmakers to make an elegant tone poem in muted colors while the actors do their Bafta best and Ian McEwan scores points using the subject of child abduction as coldly and irresponsibly as he used child rape in Atonement.
melodygloriez I love this movie; it is very beautifully written and performed. The music is my favorite part, really enjoy listening to it smooth in and out as the plot unfolds. Benedict's acting is as amazing as always, especially in the scene when he realised he mistook someone else's daughter as Kate, that kind of melancholy and heart-broken. I can't understand Charlie's part very well but I guess it is indicating that everyone has a child in their heart that they are searching for and love. I hope I can get more insights from the original book. :)