A successful writer of children's books, Stephen Lewis is confronted with the unthinkable—he loses his only child, four-year-old Kate, in a supermarket. In one horrifying moment that replays itself over the years that follow, Stephen realises his daughter is gone. Kate's absence sets Stephen and his wife on diverging paths as both struggle with an all-consuming grief.
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Benedict Cumberbatch
Stephen Lewis
Kelly Macdonald
Julie Lewis
Stephen Campbell Moore
Charles Darke
Saskia Reeves
Thelma Darke
Andrea Hall
Policewoman
Jim Creighton
Male Neighbour
Beatrice White
Kate Lewis
Rosa-Marie Lewis
Shop Assistant
Franc Ashman
Lydia Webb
Anna Madeley
Rachel Murray
John Hopkins
Home Secretary
Elliot Levey
Prime Minister
Lucy Liemann
Joanna Buckley
Natasha Brown
Steven's Young Mother
Laurence Spellman
Greg Ellis
Julian Farino
Director
Stephen Butchard
Writer, Executive Producer
Ian McEwan
Novel
Benedict Cumberbatch
Executive Producer
Rebecca Eaton
Executive Producer
Lucy Richer
Executive Producer
Adam Ackland
Executive Producer
Helen Gregory
Executive Producer
David Boulter
Executive Producer
Grainne Marmion
Producer
David Odd
Director of Photography
Adrian Johnston
Original Music Composer
Kristina Hetherington
Editor
Keith Madden
Costume Design
Simon Elliott
Production Design
