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The Children

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.
1990
88 min
4.9
Drama
Genres
Drama
Runtime
88 min
Year
1990
Director
Tony Palmer
Writers
Edith Wharton, Timberlake Wertenbaker
Studio
Isolde Films

Top Billed Cast

Ben Kingsley
Ben Kingsley
Martin Boyne
Kim Novak
Kim Novak
Rose Sellars
Karen Black
Karen Black
Sybil Lullmer
Geraldine Chaplin
Geraldine Chaplin
Joyce Wheater
Britt Ekland
Britt Ekland
Zinnia Wrench
Rupert Graves
Rupert Graves
Gerald Ormerod
Marie Helvin
The Princess
Rosemary Leach
Rosemary Leach
Scopy
Terence Rigby
Terence Rigby
The Duke of Mendip
Donald Sinden
Donald Sinden
Lord Wrench

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