The Child in Time

The Child in Time

90 mins | Drama, TV Movie | July 5, 2018

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.

The Child in Time

90 mins | Drama, TV Movie | July 5, 2018

The Child in Time
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.
IMDb rating 6.1
Producers SunnyMarch, Pinewood Television
Original title The Child in Time
Directors Eman Kazemi, Emlyn Pool, Debbie Bowser, James Chambers, Alana Marmion-Warr, Julian Farino
Writers Claire Marshall, Stephen Butchard, Ian McEwan

Cast

Benedict Cumberbatch

as Stephen Lewis

Kelly Macdonald

as Julie Lewis

Stephen Campbell Moore

as Charles Darke

Saskia Reeves

as Thelma Darke

Andrea Hall

as Policewoman

Jim Creighton

as Male Neighbour

Beatrice White

as Kate Lewis

Rosa-Marie Lewis

as Shop Assistant

Franc Ashman

as Lydia Webb

Anna Madeley

as Rachel Murray

John Hopkins

as Home Secretary

Elliot Levey

as Prime Minister

Lucy Liemann

as Joanna Buckley

Natasha Brown

as Steven's Young Mother

Laurence Spellman

as Greg Ellis

Richard Durden

as Stephen's Father

Geraldine Alexander

as Stephen's Mother

Gerard Monaco

as Estate Agent

Tony Walker

as Taxi Driver

Chase Collard

as Ruth Lyle

Gehane Strehler

as Mrs. Forrester

Karen Bryson

as Mrs. Matterson

Eloise Henwood

as School Girl (uncredited)