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Director: Bill Douglas
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
Bill Douglas' trilogy succeeds in evoking a genuine sense of compassion for the characters in these harsh tales of his childhood in the Scottish mining village of Newcraighall in the '40s, without tipping the scales into mawkishness. Pared to essentials, the stark b/w images restore some freshness to a tired, unfashionable aesthetic. And shot over eight years, the cruelty and compulsiveness of the 'memories' still haunt the finished work. DMacp.Author: DMacp
Cast & crew
Director: Bill Douglas
Producer: Judy Cottam, Geoffrey Evans, Nick Nascht, Richard Craven
Cast: Stephen Archibald, Hughie Restorick, Jean Taylor-Smith, Helena Gloag, Bernard McKenna, Paul Kermack, Gerald James full cast
Duration: 48 mins
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