The Darkest Light

Overview

Farm life in the Yorkshire Dales isn't easy at the best of times, but things are exceptionally tough for Tom and Sue. Their eight-year-old son has leukaemia, and the doctors aren't making headway. Meanwhile, Catherine, ten, feels lonely and neglected; befriending Uma, the first Hindu at the village school, she takes her to the Moors. Something strange happens, which Catherine interprets as a vision of the Virgin Mary, and a sign her brother will be all right.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 14, 2000

Original language

English

Spoken languages

English

Countries

United Kingdom

Production

Pathé,BBC

Cast

Katherine Hunt,Emma Palmer,Keri Arnold,Sophie Jewitt,Joanna Swain,Jason Walton,Stephen Dillane,Romy Baskerville,Isobel Raine,Nisha Nayarand 5 more

Director

Bille Eltringham,Simon Beaufoy

Writer

Simon Beaufoy

Producer

Andrea Calderwood,Alexis Lloyd,Barbara McKissack,Mark Blaney

Cinematography

Mary Farbrother

Music

Adrian Johnston

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0166160