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The Cinder Path is a 1978 novel by Catherine Cookson. In 1994 it was adapted into a film directed by Simon Langton. Plot introduction. In the English countryside of the early 20th century, the working-class protagonist must deal with a cruel and tyrannical father and later with a romantic tangle and a problematic marriage.
The Cinder Path: With Catherine Zeta-Jones, Lloyd Owen, Ralph Ineson, Maria Miles. Tale of a farmer's son who gets involved with two sisters, then goes to fight in the trenches in WW1.
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- 1995-02-12
- Drama, Romance, War
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In the English countryside of the early 20th century, the prosperous, middle class farmer's son Charlie MacFell must deal with a cruel and tyrannical father and later with a romantic tangle and a problematic marriage. He must keep, as well, a dark secret which must stay hidden at all costs.
- Drama
This period drama was based on the best-selling novel by Catherine Cookson. Edward MacFell (Tom Bell) is a violent and tyrannical man who operates a large farm, but treats both his family and ...
- Simon Langton
It is September 1913 on Moor Burn Farm, which Edward MacFell rules with an iron fist. After a foolish misunderstanding, young farmhand Arthur Benton kills the older MacFell. Edward's son, Charlie McFell, helps to cover up the killing, but Ginger Slater witnesses the whole scene.
In a heroic journey of epic proportions, English everyman Charlie McFell (Lloyd Owen) wrestles with his demons -- including a coldhearted wife (Catherine Zeta-Jones), economic hardship, the horror of the world's first Great War and a painful secret he'd rather forget.
Catherine Cookson's The Cinder Path. Romantically involved with two sisters, a farmer’s son seeking redemption goes off to fight in WWI and must face the enemy as well as his demons.
