Hope and Glory
1987 · Movie · 113 min. · United Kingdom
Bill Rohan, a young boy living on the outskirts of London experiences the exhilaration of World War II, as seen through the eyes of director John Boorman, who also wrote and produced the autobiographical film. During this period, Bill learns about sex, death, love, hypocrisy, and the faults of adults as he prowls the ruins of bombed houses on Rosehill Avenue. His childlike father is off chasing patriotic dreams of glory from behind a military clerk's typewriter; his teenage sister runs wild; his mother can't cope; and everything in the end will eventually turn out all right.
Direction John Boorman
Cast Sebastian Rice-Edwards · Sarah Miles · Sammi Davis · David Hayman · Ian Bannen · Derrick O'Connor · Jean-Marc Barr · Susan Wooldridge · Geraldine Muir · Sara Langton · Annie Leon · Jill Baker · Amelda Brown · Katrine Boorman · Colin Higgins
Soundtrack Peter Martin
Screenplay John Boorman
Cinematography Philippe Rousselot
Original title Hope and Glory
6.7
1K votes (FilmAffinity)
Add to lists
Share