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When the Whales Came

WHEN THE WHALES CAME (1989)

Drama | UK

Director: Clive Rees

Talking Pictures TV | Monday 12 October 2020 | 08:50

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Sunday 22 December 2019 11:50

Tuesday 6 August 2019 23:20

Thursday 1 August 2019 14:30

Rating: 6.4/10

User rating: 10/10
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SYNOPSIS

A pair of children befriend an accentric old man, who lives isolated on the far shore of their island home. But it turns out that the old man knows a terrible secret about the island and the narwhales who sometimes come. Meanwhile WWI is making life hard in the village.

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Writer: Michael Morpurgo

RUNTIME: 100 min

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