When the Whales Came (1989)
• March 28th, 1989 • 1h 40min
Drama
Overview
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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