My Childhood

Sep 24 1982 Not Rated 0h 46m
Biography, Drama

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.

Plot

The second part (My ain folk) 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.

Written by

Bill Douglas

Directed by

Bill Douglas

Cast

Stephen Archibald, Hughie Restorick, Jean Taylor Smith

Crew

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Production Countries

United Kingdom

Production Companies

BFI

Languages

English, Deutsch

Awards

3 wins

Trailers
Bill Douglas Trilogy-trailer.mp4
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