
Still Alice(2014)
Alice Howland, happily married with three grown children, is a renowned linguistics professor who starts to forget words. When she receives a devastating diagnosis, Alice and her family find their bonds tested.


“We all make choices. Hers make history.”
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.

Emma Thompson
Fiona Maye

Stanley Tucci
Jack Maye

Fionn Whitehead
Adam Henry

Jason Watkins
Nigel Pauling

Anthony Calf
Mark Berner

Paul Jesson
Humphrey

Ben Chaplin
Kevin Henry

Eileen Walsh
Naomi Henry

Reena Lalbihari
Samaira

Dominic Carter
Roger
The Children Act is a drama film released in 2018 exploring themes of based on novel or book, marriage crisis, law and ethics, young boy, lawyer, illness. Directed by Richard Eyre, it stars Emma Thompson, Stanley Tucci, Fionn Whitehead. 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.
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