Directed by Bill Douglas • 1972 • United Kingdom
In the first installment in his autobiographical coming-of-age trilogy, director Bill Douglas draws on his poverty-stricken childhood in 1940s Scotland to tell the story of Jamie (Stephen Archibald), an eight-year-old boy growing up in a harsh mining village under the care of his maternal grandmother. With his own parents absent, Jamie finds rare warmth through an unexpected bond with a German POW.
Up Next in The Bill Douglas Trilogy
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My Ain Folk
Directed by Bill Douglas • 1973 • United Kingdom
In the second installment in his autobiographical coming-of-age trilogy, director Bill Douglas continues the story of Jamie (Stephen Archibald) as he is shuffled between relatives, ultimately being sent to live with his stern, emotionally distant ...
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My Way Home
Directed by Bill Douglas • 1978 • United Kingdom
In the final installment in his autobiographical coming-of-age trilogy, director Bill Douglas follows Jamie (Stephen Archibald) into early adulthood as he is conscripted into the RAF and stationed in Egypt. There he experiences, for the first time...
