1997
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Charlie MacFell is the sixteen-year-old son of Edward MacFell, a cruel farm owner who punishes the farm's children and teenagers by beating them on a sharp cinder path, causing their hands and knees to be grazed. Among MacFell's main targets is Ginger Slater, a workhouse boy who he whips for stealing a book to try and learn to read.
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.
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.
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 ...
Jan 1, 1978 · The farm boasts a path that leads from the main house down to the cottages. It has been built up for at least two hundred years by maids throwing the ashes from the house fireplaces onto it. This cinder path is a favorite tool of Charlie's father, who dispenses whippings to servants and sons alike while making them stand on the path.
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.
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.
