Oranges And Sunshine
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Initial release | United Kingdom |
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Directors | Jim Loach |
Story by | Margaret Humphreys |
Box office | 6. 3 million USD |
Initial DVD release | July 25, 2011 |
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ID | 1376480 |
About Oranges And Sunshine
Until the early 1970s, thousands of British children -- many orphans, others taken by social workers from broken homes -- were packed onto ships bound for Australia. Promised "oranges and sunshine," many instead endured abuse in workhouses as virtual slaves. In 1987, Nottingham, England, social worker Margaret Humphreys (Emily Watson) learns the horrific extent of this program as she attempts to help two of its survivors, the timid Jack (Hugo Weaving) and the violent Len (David Wenham). …