Barndomen
Directed by Bill DouglasThe 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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Barndomen was released on 5 juni 1972.
Barndomen was directed by Bill Douglas.
Barndomen has a runtime of 47m.
Barndomen was produced by Geoffrey Evans.
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.
The key characters in Barndomen are Jamie (Stephen Archibald), Tommy (Hughie Restorick), Grandmother (Jean Taylor Smith).
Barndomen is rated 11.
Barndomen is a Drama, Biography film.
Barndomen has an audience rating of 8.9 out of 10.