Hello everyone, the movie brought to you today is based on real events, a little heavy, interested in taking a look at it.
The film tells the true story of Margaret, who began exposing the scandals of the government in 1986, and in most cases, without parental consent, and even with the knowledge of the parents, many children were deceived by government agents into informing them that their parents had died, leaving them orphaned. Siblings were systematically separated and given harsh conditions, treated as slave labor, subjected to mental abuse, and in many cases physically and sexually abused, often falling into the hands of those allegedly responsible for care and welfare, which was not the place they expected to have oranges and sunshine.
A slightly fictional film about the British government approving the deportation of up to 150,000 children to Australia, South Africa, New Zealand and Zimbabwe. If you assume that this happens in the dark, you are wrong. The last cases were recorded in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Emily Watson plays Margaret Humphrey, a tireless Nottinghamshire worker who stumbles upon an isolated case and then fights almost single-handedly to cover up the truth. The creation of a "child migrant" trust is necessary to rebuild lost families decades later, in many cases too late.
The topic discussed here is a very complex adoption issue. The heavy confusion of how a child in an unstable family environment or unhealthy life situation should receive professional help — whether such interventions truly protect their best interests or cause deep psychological harm by depriving their families — has long been frustrating. D Protection Authority. In England in the mid-twentieth century, the prevailing solution was to send the children to Australia. They were told that they were orphans, that they would be besieged without the care of relatives, and that once besieged, they would be sold to respected ecclesiastical organizations, often referred to as "brotherhoods."
Decades later, a committed social worker from Nottingham began single-handedly reuniting atrocity victims with their families in Britain. When they told her about their hearts, each family had its own despicable atrocities except those already mentioned, and the irreparable harm to the children without proper family upbringing was evident, and they became poor, vulnerable, homesick children. It often refers to mothers, it claims that wounds from losing parents never really heal, and that most victims are boys, a fact that creates a very different allusion to Peter Pan, even before one actually mentions this similarity. There is also a notable parallel between this film and another classic story, which is that, in the hands of a cruel organization, in the case of cunning pretending to be an orphan, lonely endures pain, which is reminiscent of the Orphan of Fog.
However, dissecting the film in a cynical way is only a comparison that is unfair: it shows a very impressive divergence from the typical conspiracy drama. Its most prominent strength is that it fully demonstrates the character traits of her activist hero and the fact that she is as dedicated as her clients to showing her pain. The delightful Emily Watson apparently did a lot for her TOEFL and she acted so well that she gave the impression of being so cute and human. Hearing these painful stories was unbelievable, and as she incited the government and the press during her stay in Australia, she became increasingly unpopular, which led to some convincing personal attacks, but when the authorities refused to help her, she knew she had to ask for nothing. She herself had to quit the mission because no one wanted to accept it. Of course, she also became estranged from her family when the mission began to consume her, but thankfully she didn't notice that the satisfying realism remained intact.
It's also reassuring that the few people she's helping actually show genuine gratitude and reciprocate their help by giving her personal help. The friendship she formed with these people was truly moving and effectively alleviated the situation of the hero (Margaret) and the audience. The film is based on Humphreist's Book The Empty Cradle, which highlights the plight of the families and children involved and raises much-needed funding. As in many of these cases, churches and charitable organizations, faced with evidence of negligence they supervise, deny the allegations and repeatedly try to thwart attempts to reveal the secret. Finally, in 2010, the British government formally apologized, acknowledging the mistakes they had made.
Remembering the shocking truth in the movie, does this movie need any good? Directed by small screen veteran director Jim Lodge, it's a relentless depiction of quality naturalistic performances by all the actors, especially Watson and Hugo Wavin, an adult who was sent to Australia as a child for "Sunshine and Oranges". Humphreys, who has long suffered, supported her husband, deserves some of the descriptions of the medal as his wife continues to travel the world, correcting mistakes, or at least allowing closures, and seems to give little thought to her own safety, mental or physical health. The film is similar to Sister Magdalene, more effective in preaching, sermons, and sentimentality, and is perfect in dialogue and performance, except for an unimportant line" "You made my mother spend Christmas." Thankfully, the director correctly obscured the scene showing the child's suffering. It is only through dialogue and character responses that we know how these pains and sufferings are given to these minors. That's just right. But even so, the film is full of a lot of shocking scenes.
In the end, people are always worried about how the real story is fictional, of course the truth is undeniable, and all movies compress time, background, and timeline. The most important factor is the spirit and feeling of filmmaking, that's it. It's an exciting, basically true retelling of an important story of our recent past, not a simple table part, but well worth taking the time to glorify this tragedy, plus any brave man initially failed to take responsibility for everything that happened.