The Child in Time is a movie directed by Julian Farino in 2017 and based on the book of the same name by Ian McEwan, first published in 1987. The movie features Benedict Cumberbatch, Kelly MacDonald, Stephen Campbell Moore, Saskia Reeves, Anna Madeley, Lucy Liemann, and others.
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“The book is better than the movie”
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Storyline
A successful writer of children’s books 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, he realises his daughter is gone. Kate’s absence sets Stephen and his wife on diverging paths as both struggle with an all-consuming grief.
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Movie vs Book
Year
2017
Minutes
82
Movie Rate
6.10
Source: IMDb
Movie
The Child in Time
Director: Julian Farino
Country: UK
Year: 2017
Length: 1h22m
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Year
1987
Pages
263
Book Rate
7.16
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Book
The Child in Time
Author: Ian McEwan
Country: UK
First published in: 1987
Length: 263 pages
Genre: Fiction
User polls & recommendations
“When you’re making a movie of a book, people are always waiting with their knives.”
JOEL EDGERTON (Actor)
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