My Childhood (1972)
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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Stephen ArchibaldJamie
Hughie RestorickTommyJean Taylor SmithGrandmotherKarl FieselerHelmuth
Bernard McKennaTommy's Father
Paul KermackJamie's FatherHelena GloagFather's MotherAnn SmithJamie's Mother
Eileen McCallumNurseHelen RaeBus ConductressJames EcclesMan SingingKeywords
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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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My Childhood has a runtime of 47 minutes.
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