The Children Summary
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Tony Palmer
Genres: Drama, Romance
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Ben_Kingsley stars in this solid adaptation of the Edith_Wharton novel (filmed previously in 1929 as The_Marriage_Playground). Kingsley plays Martin Boyne, an engineer in 1920s Europe who, after five years of correspondence, is planning to travel overseas to marry the recently widowed Rose Sellars (Kim_Novak). On his way to marry Rose, he stops off in Venice to visit his old friend Cliffe Wheater (Joe_Don_Baker), who with his wife Joyce (Geraldine_Chaplin) has a large group of children. Rose then contacts Martin, telling him that due to complications arising from her husband's will, he should wait another year before marrying her. Meanwhile, Cliffe and Joyce's fifteen-year-old daughter Judith (Siri_Neal) arrives at Rose's door with the younger children. Because of marital problems, the children convince Martin to become their guardian. But Martin, spending too much time around Judith, ends up falling in love with her. Tongues begin to wag and Rose, crestfallen, leaves for France. Martin and Rose split up and Martin disappears in shame, trying to get control of his life and all that he has lost. Paul Brenner, Rovi
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