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Boorman's sweet, finely crafted and quite humorous recollection of his childhood days in England during WWII at the time of the German Blitz. Young Rice-Edwards is Billy, the director's alter ego, through whose eyes we see a unique view of war-torn Britain. Miles is splendid as Billy's mother, who struggles to keep her family together in the wake of neighborhood bombings, extramarital affairs and indifferent adolescents. Perfectly cast and boasting outstanding production values, this reminiscence, like Woody Allen's similarly themed Radio Days, is a brilliant evocation of early 1940s life.