Blue Remembered Hills
7.6
1979
1 hr 12 min
Drama
, TV Movie
On an idyllic summer afternoon in the summer of 1943, a group of children play in the West Country hills, fields and forests. With no adults around, they indulge in spontaneous games and horseplay - sometimes echoing the distant war, at other times revealing their own insecurities and petty vindictiveness.
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- Cast:
- Colin Welland , Michael Elphick , Robin Ellis , John Bird , Helen Mirren , Janine Duvitski , Colin Jeavons
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Reviews
Truly Dreadful Film
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I was totally surprised at how great this film.You could feel your paranoia rise as the film went on and as you gradually learned the details of the real situation.
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It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.
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There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.
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