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Hope and Glory 113 minutes, United Kingdom (1987), 15
Average user rating (4.1 / 19 votes)

John Boorman's nostalgic, autobiographical Second World War film

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Hope and Glory: Rich with humour and unashamed nostalgia, Boorman's autobiographical film evokes the solidarity that kept the home fires burning during the Blitz.

Rice-Edwards plays the nine-year-old child who makes the most of the devastation, finding adventure in London's bomb sites and comfort in the protective bosom of his all-female household...
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