The Railway Children

Je viens de regarder une adaptation du roman d'Edith Nesbit, The Railway Children et j'ai passé un merveilleux moment. Il y a bien longtemps que je n'avais pas vu un si joli film pour enfants.

The story concerns the Waterbury family who move to "Three Chimneys", a house near the railway, after the father who works at the Foreign office, is imprisoned as a result of being falsely accused of selling state secrets to the Russians. The three children, Roberta (Bobbie), Peter and Phyllis, find amusement in watching the trains on the nearby railway line and waving to the passengers. They become friendly with Albert Perks, the station porter, and with the Old Gentleman who regularly takes the 9:15 down train. He is eventually able to help provetheir father's innocence, and the family is reunited. The family take care of the Russian exile, Mr Szczepansky, who came to England looking for his family (later located) and Jim, the grandson of the Old Gentleman, who suffers a broken leg in a tunnel.

Je n'ai hélas pas plus de temps pour vous en parler mais je vous le conseille vivement. C'est une histoire émouvante et intelligente. Quel plaisir de découvrir le Yorkshire à travers les yeux de nos trois héros! Et si vous aimez les trains à vapeur, vous ne serez pas déçus!
J'ai trouvé ce film aussi beau que l'adaptation de 1993 du Jardin secret, c'est dire!

L'avez-vous vu? Qu'en avez-vous pensé?