U-Emma Thompson ugcina ababukeli bevukile kwi-'The Children Act 'I-A24 Iitalente ezibalaseleyo zikaEmma Thompson ziphinde zaboniswa ngokupheleleyo kwifilimu yaseBritane UMthetho waBantwana , enye yezo khaya zicothayo, zineengcwangu zekhaya ngu-Ian McEwan osilelayo ukuya phambili kwifilimu ngendlela abenza ngayo kwiphepha eliprintiweyo. Ngelishwa, uMcEwan ngokungaqondakaliyo unyanzelisa ukuba abhale ezakhe ii-screenplays, impazamo enkulu yokuba uhlala ephinda-phinda ngaphandle kokuphononongwa okuphakathi kwaye kungabikho ntlawulo kurhwebo kwiofisi yebhokisi. Iithamsanqa azinakubuyiselwa umva nazo UMthetho waBantwana, eyongeza kwisitayile sombhali sombhalo umthwalo weqonga lomlingisi ngumlawuli weqonga uRichard Eyre oxhathisayo nefilimu.
Ngokulingana ngokufanelekileyo kuwo omabini amanqanaba nakwisikrini, u-Emma Thompson uzisa ixabiso elongeziweyo kumxube osindisa ifilimu kwaye ugcine umbukeli evukile.
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Unomdla njengoFiona Maye, umgwebi oqinileyo, ohloniphekileyo kwiNkundla ePhakamileyo yaseLondon eyaziwayo ngezigqibo zakhe zobulumko, ezibonisa imfesane kwiingxabano zentsapho ezixakeke kakhulu ekuxazululeni iingxaki zabanye kangangokuba uyasilela ukulungisa iingxaki zomtshato wakhe ongaphumeleliyo. Umyeni wakhe onothando waseMelika uJack (uStanley Tucci) kunqabile ukuba umbone, bakunye kuphela kwizihlandlo zentlalo, icala lomzimba lolwalamano lwabo lomile. Ke, eqinisekisa ukuba akukho hlazo, akukho nkohliso, akukho buxoki kwaye akukho mtshato, uJack ubhengeza ukuba udiniwe ngumtshato ongabelani ngesondo kwaye uceba ukuba nomntu ongatshatanga naye.
UFiona ukhathazekile, kodwa uxakeke kakhulu emsebenzini ukuba angaphazanyiswa kwityala lakhe lakutshanje, inkundla yamatyala phakathi koogqirha basesibhedlele abanyanzelisa ukuhambisa igazi elinokusindisa ubomi benkwenkwana eneminyaka eli-17 ubudala ene-leukemia egama linguAdam (obalaseleyo Umntu omtsha uFionn Whitehead ovela Dunkirk ) , nabazali bakhe, ngamaNgqina kaYehova azinikeleyo angavumiyo ukunika imvume yawo ngezizathu zonqulo — ityala elinempikiswano kangaka lisematheni kumaphepha aseLondon.
Endaweni yokugxila kubukrelekrele bakhe nakwimidlalo efanelekileyo kumyeni wakhe onesithukuthezi ekhaya, uFiona uzinikezela ekuthatheni isigqibo esifanelekileyo enkundleni. Kodwa kuqala, uyanyanzelisa ukudibana nenkwenkwe ngokwakhe. Amagqwetha akhe athi inkululeko yomntu yokuzikhethela kunyango lilungelo lomntu elisisiseko. Oogqirha abafuna ukusindisa ulutsha bathi luxanduva lwabo ukunika isipho sobomi xa uThixo esilele. Yimeko yokholo ngokuchasene nesayensi. Umthetho wase-Bhritane uthi umntu akanalo ulawulo olusemthethweni kwilungelo lokwala ubomi ngaphambi kweminyaka eyi-18. Umthetho waBantwana uqaliswa ngala magama Intlalontle yomntwana iya kuba yinto ephambili yenkundla, kwaye uFiona usigcinile isigqibo sakhe de abe uya kutyelela kwigumbi lesibhedlele lenkwenkwe kwaye kuvavanywe iinkqubo zengqondo yakhe. Intlanganiso iyakhula ibe bubuhlobo obungalindelekanga phakathi kwejaji elukhuni, engakhathalelwanga bubomi, kunye nomfana omncinci onesimilo esibi semilinganiselo yakhe. Ijaji likhuthaza uAdam ukuba aphile, kwaye inkwenkwe ikhupha imeko yobuntu kuFiona ebengekho ebomini bakhe. Iziphumo zesigqibo sakhe kwinkwenkwe sinzulu kangangokuba akukho nto iya kuphinda ifane.
Uluvo olunye lwolulwe phantse iiyure ezimbini, yifilimu engaqhelekanga kodwa enyanzelisa ngokumangalisayo, kodwa ihamba ngokukhawuleza kangangokuba ayisoloko ikholisa. Ukusebenza kwinqanaba lokuqala, kwaye u-Emma Thompson unesizathu esaneleyo sokukubona, kodwa kutheni iifoto ezininzi zokuhamba kwakhe ngaphandle kwekhamera-ukusuka kuJack, ku-Adam, kwindlu yenkundla, ekubandakanyekeni kwemvakalelo kwanaluphi na uhlobo? Uyi-pulse yefilimu kwaye kuye kwafuneka ukuba ndibone ngakumbi xa esiya kwikhamera, hayi kwelinye icala. Njengo KwiChesil Beach, Ian McEwan enye incwadi-kwi-screenplay ekhutshwe ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka, UMthetho waBantwana ayinasenzo sokwenyani okanye ukonwaba kwe-cinema ukuba ingangumboniso kanomathotholo.
