When the Whales Came

1989 • 1h 40m • Drama

60%Rotten Tomatoes

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.

Director

Clive Rees

Writers

Michael Morpurgo

Status

Released