
Verses of Love
2008


“Today's hottest young star in her newest... and by far her greatest.”
57 votes
When an injured wife-murderer takes refuge on a remote Lancashire farm, the farmer’s three children mistakenly believe him to be the Second Coming of Christ.
Director
Bryan ForbesWriters
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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An almost internecine plot supports this wonderfully nostalgic story of rural life in late 1950s England. A trio of youngsters live on a farm with their rather neglectful, but not negligent, widower father; their aunt "Dolly" and "Eddie" the general factotum. The children rescue a litter of kittens and secrete them around their farm, soliciting God's help to keep them safe. When they go to inspect their charges they discover a poorly young man (Alan Bates) in the barn and assume that he is Jesus - even down to feeding him bread and wine and to protecting him from adults who may wish to visit t…
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