Film
Oranges and Sunshine
2010 · 1h 44m · Drama · History
- IMDb
- 7.1
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 71%
- Metacritic
- 60
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Overview
The story of Margaret Humphreys, a social worker from Nottingham, who uncovers one of the most significant social scandals in recent times – the forced migration of children from the United Kingdom to Australia and other Commonwealth countries. Almost singlehandedly, Margaret reunited thousands of families, brought authorities to account and worldwide attention to an extraordinary miscarriage of justice.
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Cast
Emily Watson
Margaret Humphreys
Aisling Loftus
Susie
Hugo Weaving
Jack
Lorraine Ashbourne
Nicky
David Wenham
Len
Tara Morice
Pauline
Stuart Wolfenden
Bill
Richard Dillane
Merv Humphreys
Molly Windsor
Rachel
Kate Rutter
Vera
Federay Holmes
Charlotte
Harvey Scrimshaw
Ben
Tammy Wakefield
Susan
Marg Downey
Miss Hutchison
Geoff Revell
Syd
Chrissie Page
Betty
Crew
- Jim LoachDirector
- Rona MunroScreenplay
- Emile ShermanProducer
- Iain CanningProducer
- Camilla BrayProducer
- Denson BakerDirector of Photography
- Lisa GerrardOriginal Music Composer
- Dany CooperEditor
- Nikki BarrettCasting
- Kahleen CrawfordCasting
Media
Details
- Release date
- October 8, 2010
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 44m
- Rated
- M
- Budget
- $4,500,000
- Revenue
- $5,017,653
- Genres
- Drama, History
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