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A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION
01
Why this pick
Like The Railway Children, it gives children real agency in an idyllic period English landscape, letting a gentle adventure unfold through observation, play, family warmth and quietly earned independence.
02
Why this pick
Its Edwardian setting, resilient children and restorative Yorkshire atmosphere closely echo the warmth beneath The Railway Children’s hardship, with a similarly unhurried sense of discovery.
03
Why this pick
A respectful later companion that retains the railway-centred rural community, resourceful young protagonists and humane emotional stakes, shifting the setting to the Second World War.
04
Why this pick
It shares a child’s-eye view of adult injustice and separation, but meets it with imagination, loyalty and emotional generosity rather than cynicism.
05
Why this pick
For the same blend of displaced siblings, countryside escape and children finding courage beyond the reach of troubled adults—expanded into a more fantastical adventure.
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01 / THE STORY
The story follows the adventures of the Waterbury children, who are forced to move with their mother (Dinah Sheridan) from a luxurious Edwardian villa in the London suburbs to "Three Chimneys", a house near the fictional 'Great Northern and Southern Railway' in Yorkshire, as their father (Iain Cuthbertson), who works at the Foreign Office, has been imprisoned as a result of being wrongly accused of selling state secrets.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
Mrs. Waterbury
Old Gentleman
Roberta 'Bobbie' Waterbury
Phyllis Waterbury
Peter Waterbury
Ruth
Russian
Aunt Emma
