Catherine Cookson's The Cinder Path Movie Review 1994

Coming-of-age story begins in 1913 with unassuming Charlie MacFell (Owen) forced to take over the family farm. Charlie (who needs a spine transplant) also goes along with an arranged marriage to local lovely Victoria (Zeta-Jones), a disaster since she's little more than a well-bred tart and it's her younger sister Nellie (Miles) who's really in love with Charlie anyway. As if Charlie didn't have enough to cope with, he's soon an army soldier as WWI begins and up against vindictive Ginger (Byrne), a former farmhand who resents the monied classes Charlie represents. Based on the novel by Catherine Cookson.

Distribution

BFS Video, 360 Newkirk Rd., Richmond Hill, ON L4C 3G7 Canada, Phone: (905)884-2323, Fax: (905)884-8292, URL: http://www.bfsent.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 145 minutes.
Originally from British.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Coming of Age, World War I, Great Britain, Family Drama, Books to Film: Catherine Cookson

Screenplay

Alan Seymour

Cast

Lloyd Owen, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Maria Miles, Antony Byrne, Tom Bell

Director

Simon Langton

Music

Barrington Pheloung

Producer

Yorkshire Television