The Outcast
A young boy struggles to fit into the life of a post-war English village after witnessing the death of his mother.
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"This two part series deals with the theme of childhood trauma and subsequent attempts to reintegrate into the life of a small English village. The theme is the usual one of a misunderstood misfit. The novel might have been better, but the screen adaptation and script leaves much to be desired. It's as if the screenplay was developed from having read the novel, remembering a few events from that, then stringing those events in no special order to try a tell the story to others. There is little in the way of continuity. The actors spend a lot of time looking downcast, or just staring at one..."
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Hattie Morahan and Greg Wise have both appeared in a Jane Austen adaptation of Sense and Sensibility. Hattie Morahan played Eleanor in the 2008 BBC miniseries, whilst Greg Wise played Willoughby in the 1995 film.
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A young boy struggles to fit into the life of a post-war English village after witnessing the death of his mother.