What film includes Sir James Matthew Barrie and Mrs. Emma du Maurier as characters?

The film that includes Sir James Matthew Barrie and Mrs. Emma du Maurier as characters is Finding Neverland. The 2004 biographical drama follows playwright J. M. Barrie and the family relationships that inspired Peter Pan.

Johnny Depp portrays Barrie, while Julie Christie plays Emma du Maurier, the mother of Sylvia Llewelyn Davies. In the film’s story, Barrie becomes close to Sylvia and her four sons after meeting them in Kensington Gardens. Their imaginative games and conversations help inspire his famous play about Peter Pan.

Emma is portrayed as protective and skeptical of Barrie’s involvement with the family, especially as Sylvia’s health deteriorates. Her presence adds tension to the film’s dramatization of the relationships behind Barrie’s creative work.

Finding Neverland is based partly on Allan Knee’s play The Man Who Was Peter Pan. Although the movie draws from real people and events, it compresses and reshapes history for dramatic storytelling, so it should not be treated as a complete biography of Barrie.