When she asks Adam whether he is aware refusing the blood transfusion could, rather than kill him, render him disabled, Adam answers yes, and he'd hate it but accept the cost. The two talk, with Fiona attempting to determine what it is that Adam really wants, and whether he has been persuaded by his parents. However, Adam and his parents are Jehovah's Witnesses, and believe that having a blood transfusion is against biblical principles. Adam's doctors want to perform a blood transfusion, as that will allow them to use more drugs to cure him.
A case is brought before her involving a 17-year-old boy, Adam Henry, who is suffering from leukaemia. and was released in the United Kingdom on 24 August 2018, by Entertainment One, and through DirecTV Cinema on 16 August 2018, before opening in the US in a limited release on 14 September 2018, by A24.įiona Maye is a judge in the Family Division of the High Court of Justice of England and Wales. The film had its world premiere at the 42nd Toronto International Film Festival on 9 September 2017. It stars Emma Thompson, Stanley Tucci, and Fionn Whitehead. The Children Act is a 2017 drama film directed by Richard Eyre, produced by Duncan Kenworthy, and written by Ian McEwan, based on his 2014 novel of the same name.
