7.1My Childhood · 1972
My Childhood (1972) is a Drama film directed by Bill Douglas, starring Stephen Archibald, Hughie Restorick, Jean Taylor Smith.
Drama
7.1Overview
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.
Cast
Stephen Archibald, Hughie Restorick, Jean Taylor Smith, Karl Fieseler, Bernard McKenna, Paul Kermack, Helena Gloag, Ann Smith
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What is "My Childhood" about?
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.
When was "My Childhood" released?
My Childhood was released in 1972.
Who stars in "My Childhood"?
The cast includes Stephen Archibald, Hughie Restorick, Jean Taylor Smith, Karl Fieseler.
