Ein Kind zur Zeit - The Child In Time

The life of the successful children's book author and happy family man Stephen Lewis unexpectedly comes completely apart at the seams one day. One minute he is strolling through the supermarket with his four-year-old daughter Kate on a normal shopping trip, the next minute the little girl has disappeared without being found. For the parents, the world comes crashing down. In their desperate search for a meaning to life after the nightmarish incident, their marriage moves inexorably towards the abyss. Three years later, Julie, Kate's mother, has moved to the coast to find a calmer way of life, but Stephen still fails to let go of his restless and desperate search. Only when he visits his closest friends in the country does he slowly dare to take his first steps forward again - but the road to coping, which he is only just beginning, seems interminable.

Julian Farino's A Child at a Time is a sensitive yet heartbreaking portrayal of the essential human experience of love, loss and the power of the unpredictable. Screenwriter Stephen Butchard adapted the award-winning novel of the same name by successful author Ian McEwan for the film version. Oscar-nominated film star Benedict Cumberbatch ("Sherlock") shines in the leading role alongside Kelly Macdonald ("Boardwalk Empire"), Stephen Campbell Moore ("The History Boys") and Saskia Reeves ("Luther"). During the English premiere, over 5.7 million TV viewers watched the gripping drama on BBC.