The Child in Time
About The Child in Time
A successful writer of children's books, Stephen Lewis is confronted with the unthinkable—he loses his only child, four-year-old Kate, in a supermarket. In one horrifying moment that replays itself over the years that follow, Stephen realises his daughter is gone.
The Child in Time is a 2018 tv movie film directed by Julian Farino. It runs 90 minutes and was released in July 2018.
Benedict Cumberbatch takes the lead as Stephen Lewis, Kelly Macdonald as Julie Lewis, Stephen Campbell Moore as Charles Darke, and Saskia Reeves as Thelma Darke. Written by Stephen Butchard. It comes from Pinewood Television and SunnyMarch. The story is adapted from a novel.
Shelv files it under marriage crisis, marital separation, dream sequence, and missing daughter.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Gone Girl, and Edge of Tomorrow make useful companions to The Child in Time, all filed under time travel. It scores 5.8 out of 10 from 108 TMDB voters.