The Innocent (1985 film)

The Innocent
Directed byJohn Mackenzie
Written byRay Jenkins
Based onnovel The Aura and the Kingfisher by Tom Hart
Produced byJacky Stoller
StarringAndrew Hawley
Liam Neeson
Miranda Richardson
Kika Markham
Tom Bell
Kate Foster
CinematographyRoger Deakins
Edited byTony Woollard
Music byFrancis Monkman
Distributed byCurzon Film Distributors
Release date
  • 1985 (1985)
Running time
101 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£1 million

The Innocent is a 1985 John Mackenzie drama film, starring Andrew Hawley, Liam Neeson and Miranda Richardson, and is set in the Yorkshire Dales just after World War I. The film is about the struggles of a young Yorkshire boy trying to come to grips with squabbling parents, a doctor who wants to institutionalize him because of his epilepsy, and a mother who refuses to accept that he is different in any way. The film was produced by Tempest Films Ltd.