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Oranges and Sunshine

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gives the film a score of 71% based on reviews from 73 critics. The website's critics consensus reads, "Grounded in a heartwrenching fact-based story, steered by Loach's sensitive direction, and led by a powerful performance from Watson,
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Despite the numerous death threats from those who try to stop her, Margaret is successful in reuniting estranged families, who are situated in Australia and the UK, and brings worldwide attention to the cause.
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Deported children were promised "oranges and sunshine" but they instead got hard labour and life in institutions such as
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A casting session was held in Nottingham to find one boy and one girl for the roles of Margaret's children.
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sidesteps its pacing problems and occasionally clichéd screenplay."
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Oranges and Sunshine (film)

Jim Loach
Rona Munro
Margaret Humphreys
Iain Canning
Emily Watson
Dany Cooper
Lisa Gerrard
See-Saw Films
Icon Film Distribution
PIFF
biographical drama
Jim Loach
directorial debut
screenplay
Rona Munro
Margaret Humphreys
Emily Watson
Hugo Weaving
David Wenham
Margaret Humphreys
social worker
Nottingham
home children
United Kingdom
Australia
Canada
Keaney College
Bindoon, Western Australia

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