The Child in Time

A quiet, aching study of loss that unfolds slowly, asking you to sit with its sorrow rather than escape it.

Directed by

Julian Farino

Genres

Tv movie, Drama

Starring

Benedict Cumberbatch, Kelly Macdonald, Stephen Campbell Moore

Overview

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.

How it feels

Melancholic, dark and earnest. Slow-burning and demanding.

About

Grief, family, parenthood, memory

Content

Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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