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The Blue Boy

The Blue Boy

1994TV Movie⏱️ 52m
Thriller
5.9
IMDB Rating
244 votes

Marie Bonnar (Dame Emma Thompson) is an insecure housewife whose husband, Joe (Adrian Dunbar), is having an affair. The two of them take a vacation to rural Scotland, but by sheer bad luck, end up at the hotel Joe uses for his "ge...

Director
Paul Murton
Writers
N/A
Stars
Emma Thompson, Adrian Dunbar, Eleanor Bron
Release Date
October 2, 1994
Language
English
Country
United Kingdom, United States
💬 5
Reviews
📽️ View on IMDB

🎭 Top Cast

Emma Thompson
Emma Thompson
as Marie Bonnar
Adrian Dunbar
Adrian Dunbar
as Joe Bonnar
Eleanor Bron
Eleanor Bron
as Christine
David Horovitch
David Horovitch
as Robert
Joanna Roth
Joanna Roth
as Beth
Phyllida Law
Phyllida Law
as Marie's Mother
👤
Barry Molloy
as Kiran
👤
Lewis Howden
as Kenny
👤
Jim Twaddale
as Archie
Carol Ann Crawford
Carol Ann Crawford
as Doctor

🎬 Technical Specs

Sound
Dolby
Color
Color
Production
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), WGBH

🏷️ Keywords

supernatural powerpsychotronic filmscotlandscottish highlandscolor in title

🎯 Categories

Thriller

⭐ Featured Review

An eerie tale of love and deception
by Glaschu1999-08-13
9/10

"An eerie tale of love and deception set in the Scottish Highlands. Emma Thompson and Adrian Dunbar compellingly portray the roles of a troubled couple about to have their first child. The past, not only their own but that of a parallel couple from the past, become enmeshed through dream, reality and gossip. The use of water imagery pervades this film from the blue mist at night to its tragic watery conclusion. As this engaging short film is set in the Gaelic speaking Highlands of Scotland some attention to the indigenous language of this region would have assisted in credibility and contin..."

💡 Did You Know?

Phyllida Law (Marie's Mother) is the real-life mother of Dame Emma Thompson (Marie Bonnar).

📖 Synopsis

Marie Bonnar (Dame Emma Thompson) is an insecure housewife whose husband, Joe (Adrian Dunbar), is having an affair. The two of them take a vacation to rural Scotland, but by sheer bad luck, end up at the hotel Joe uses for his "ge...