The Innocent | |
Director: | John Mackenzie |
Producer: | Jacky Stoller |
Based On: | novel The Aura and the Kingfisher by Tom Hart[1] |
Starring: | Andrew Hawley Liam Neeson Miranda Richardson Kika Markham Tom Bell Kate Foster |
Music: | Francis Monkman |
Cinematography: | Roger Deakins |
Editing: | Tony Woollard |
Distributor: | Curzon Film Distributors |
Runtime: | 101 minutes |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Language: | English |
Budget: | £1 million[2] |
The Innocent is a 1985 John Mackenzie drama film, starring Andrew Hawley, Liam Neeson and Miranda Richardson, and is set in the Yorkshire Dales just after World War I.[3] The film is about the struggles of a young Yorkshire boy trying to come to grips with squabbling parents, a doctor who wants to institutionalize him because of his epilepsy, and a mother who refuses to accept that he is different in any way.[4] The film was produced by Tempest Films Ltd.