When the Whales Came
1989 · 1h 40m · Drama · United Kingdom
A story so enchanting you'll wish it were real.
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.
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1910sbased on children's bookbeachcornwall, englandhermitislandpuffinwhale
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