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My Childhood (1972) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1972 · 47 mins · English
- Directed by
- Bill Douglas
- Starring
- Eileen McCallum, Ann Smith, Bernard McKenna, Paul Kermack, Helena Gloag, Jean Taylor Smith
The opening film of Bill Douglas’s celebrated trilogy returns to his bleak childhood in early‑1940s Scotland. As an eight‑year‑old living on the breadline in a destitute mining village with his half‑brother and a sick grandmother, his sole refuge is the cinema, which he finances by collecting and returning empty jam jars. The picture portrays that fragile escape against relentless poverty.
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