When the Whales Came

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1989-10-20

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

100 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

6.5 (273 Reviews)

Director:

Clive Rees

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Paul Scofield David Threlfall Helen Mirren Helen Pearce

Writer:

Michael Morpurgo (novel)

Michael Morpurgo (screenplay)

Fullplot:

A pair of children befriend an accentric old man, who lives isolated on the far shore of their island home. But it turns out that the old man knows a terrible secret about the island and the narwhales who sometimes come. Meanwhile WWI is making life hard in the village.

Comments:

Alias culpa facere expedita fugit. Ullam nemo officiis debitis id corporis. Unde blanditiis vitae sunt eos. Nobis maxime quidem voluptate architecto culpa eius.

By:

Donna Russell

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