Railway Children, The – DivX Version (Normal Quality), DVD (Good Quality), PDA Version
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IMDB rating: 7.30 Plot: The film opens in a happy, comfortable upper middle-class home in Victorian London. One night the three children see their father usher two strangers into his study. After an argument he leaves with them and does not return. They and their mother fall on hard times and eventually move to a cottage in the country. Yet they keep their spirits up and find ways to help others. Fascinated by the nearby railroad, they wave to the passengers faithfully every day, and their vigilance and courage prevent an accident. Their kindness makes friends of some important people who can help solve the mystery of their missing father. |
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DivX Version (Normal Quality), DVD (Good Quality), PDA Version
Actors: Blumenau Jack,Kitchen Michael,Fisher Gregor,Russell Clive,Attenborough Richard,Bamber David,Gain Ian,Family,
Name of Novel – Couple Coping With Abduction Of Their Child?
Can anyone help me here. I read this book ages ago but have never been able to recall the title.
The story starts with a man with his young daughter at the supermarket. He takes her eyes off her for a second and she disappears. He searches and it seems so ridiculous but the seriousness of it sinks in after a short time. He has to go home and tell his wife what has happenned and they go through the heart wrenching process of appealing for their daughter’s return and not knowing whether she’s alive or dead.
The couple drift apart because the woman blames the man for losing their daughter.
Sounds like a not unfamiliar type of story but the story ends with the man trying to get home and thumbing down a maintenance train by the edge of the railway track. And getting a lift that way.
Do you recognise the novel?
The Child in Time by Ian McEwan
The protagonist, Stephen Lewis, a successful author of children’s books, is introduced to us in a scene more frightening than any from a horror novel: while he is shopping with Kate, his three-year-old daughter, the child is kidnapped. Stephen’s mounting terror as he combs the store for Katetrying in vain to recall the face of the dark-clad stranger he glimpsed behind themis palpable. As the story moves forward, it focuses not only on Stephen’s search for his daughter, but also on his attempts to come to terms with his loss and the likely collapse of his marriage to Julie, a musician.
davches | Oct 28, 2009