ORANGES AND SUNSHINE
Jim Loach (UK/Australia, 2010, 35MM)
Starring Emily Watson and Hugo Weaving
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NOMINATED - 2012 AUSTRALIAN ACADEMY AWARDS
BEST FILM, ACTRESS, ACTOR,
SUPPORTING ACTOR, EDITING AND COSTUME DESIGN

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 mass deportation of children from the United Kingdom to Australia.

Single-handedly and against overwhelming odds, Margaret reunited thousands of families and drew worldwide attention to an extraordinary miscarriage of justice. Children as young as four had been told that their parents were dead and sent to children's homes on the other side of the world, where many were subjected to appalling abuse. These forgotten children were promised oranges and sunshine but they got hard labour and life in institutions.

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“Emily Watson, a delicate English rose, has never seemed more sturdy than here.”
- Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

“Emily Watson, who always brings a special grace to the screen, gives a multilayered performance to the role of Margaret Humphreys, who not only puts her own family dynamic at risk but finds herself physically threatened.”
- Leba Hertz, San Francisco Chronicle