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When the Whales Came

1989
Directed byClive Rees
1h 40m

A pair of children befriend an eccentric 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 whales who sometimes come. Meanwhile WWI is making life hard in the village.

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Paul ScofieldThe BirdmanDavid ThrelfallJack JenkinsHelen Mirren
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GENRES
Drama
STATUSReleased
RATING
6.3

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