When the Whales Came

Drama

🎬 Critics Choice Nominee

Director Clive Rees

Status Released

Release Date 1989-03-28

Storyline

A pair of children befriend an eccentric old man, who lives isolated on the far shore of their island home. But it turns out that the old man knows a terrible secret about the island and the whales who sometimes come. Meanwhile WWI is making life hard in the village.

"A story so enchanting you'll wish it were real."