Movie Description

My Childhood

(1972)

Overview

The first part of Bill Douglas' influential trilogy harks back to his impoverished upbringing in early-'40s Scotland. Cinema was his only escape - he paid for it with the money he made from returning empty jam jars - and this escape is reflected most closely at this time of his life as an eight-year-old living on the breadline with his half-brother and sick grandmother in a poor mining village.

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Facts

Original TitleMy Childhood

Status Released

Release Information

  • 1972-06-05

Original LanguageEnglish

Runtime 00h 47m

Production CompaniesBFI

Genres

  • Drama