A marvelous, great looking adaptation of Esther Freud's acclaimed novel. Kate Winslet plays discontented mum Julia, who decides to swap rainy '70s London for sweltering, dusty Morocco. She soon discovers, however, that life on the breadline with two young daughters (5 and 7 year-olds) in Marrakesh is not much more fun than it was in London, and matters aren't helped when she falls for a swarthy young street hustle and one of the kids falling victim to the local lurgy. Bristol 9-year-old Carrie M find out more...

Two little boys in 1970s Afghanistan are the best of friends, but the circumstances of class, war and childhood betrayal will tear them apart. Years later, as an adult and in an act of redemption, ex-rich man's son Amir returns from his new American home to atone for his earlier behaviour and fulfill his loyalty dues. Adapted from the best selling novel of the same name. Classy. find out more...