Directed by:
Jim LoachScreenplay:
Rona MunroCinematography:
Denson BakerComposer:
Lisa GerrardCast:
Emily Watson, Hugo Weaving, David Wenham, Aisling Loftus, Stuart Wolfenden, Tara Morice, Molly Windsor, Kate Box, Harvey Scrimshaw, Tanya Myers, Mandahla Rose (more)Plots(1)
Oranges and Sunshine tells the story of Margaret Humphreys (Emily Watson), a social worker from Nottingham who uncovered one of the most significant social scandals of recent times: the deportation of thousands of children from the United Kingdom to Australia. Almost single-handedly, against overwhelming odds and with little regard for her own well-being, Margaret reunited thousands of families, brought authorities to account and drew worldwide attention to an extraordinary miscarriage of justice. Children as young as four had been told that their parents were dead, and been sent to children's homes on the other side of the world. Many were subjected to appalling abuse. They were promised oranges and sunshine: they got hard labour and life in institutions. (Icon Home Entertainment)
(more)Cast
Emily Watson
UK
Best movies:
Chernobyl (2019) (series)
Breaking the Waves (1996)
Corpse Bride (2005)
Hugo Weaving
Nigeria
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David Wenham
Australia
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Aisling Loftus
UK
Best movies:
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Death of a Superhero (2011)
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Stuart Wolfenden
UK
Best movies:
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Tara Morice
Australia
Best movies:
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Strictly Ballroom (1992)
Molly Windsor
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The Unloved (2009) (TV movie)
Kate Box
Australia
Best movies:
The Little Death (2014)
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Harvey Scrimshaw
Best movies:
Oranges and Sunshine (2010)
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Tanya Myers
Best movies:
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Oranges and Sunshine (2010)
Mandahla Rose
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Oranges and Sunshine (2010)
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Richard Dillane
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Barbara Marten
UK
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Lorraine Ashbourne
UK
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King Kong (2005)
Neil Pigot
Australia
Best movies:
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Oranges and Sunshine (2010)
Kate Rutter
UK
Best movies:
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The Last Hangman (2005)
Mark Jardine
Best movies:
Control (2007)
Oranges and Sunshine (2010)
Russell Dykstra
Australia
Best movies:
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Clayton Watson
Australia
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