A middle-aged man recalls his childhood growing up in and around London during World War II.
Direction
Boorman turns his childhood trauma into pure cinematic joy.
Production
Bomb-damaged London rebuilt with obsessive period detail.
Acting
Sarah Miles as a mother holding chaos together with tea.
Director
John Boorman
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Boorman cast his own daughter Katrine as Bill's sister Sue, making this a genuine family excavation of memory.
The film deliberately subverts war movie conventions—no heroes, no battles, just civilians making do while the world burns.
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One of my favorite British movies of the 80s.
@Spy-hp8ki 20
This is still one of my favorite movies.
@laurakane2252 68
Im 25, watched this as a kid, the german pilot guy landing with the parachute always stuck with me, that guy was so cool, probably pulled out his lucky cigarette
@cburton99 8
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