𝙂𝙤𝙡𝙙𝙚𝙣 𝙛𝙞𝙡𝙢𝙨 – Bill Douglas ‘trilogy – Part 3

06 Nov 𝙂𝙤𝙡𝙙𝙚𝙣 𝙛𝙞𝙡𝙢𝙨 – Bill Douglas ‘trilogy – Part 3

In the frame of the project I LOVE ❤️ CINEMA

Golden Films program at the

Academy of Film & Multimedia Marubi

10th of November – 7 p.m.

“My way home” – 1978 – UK – 71 min

by Bill Douglas

In English language subtitled in English

My Childhood (1972) and My Ain Folk (1973) seemed to identify Bill Douglas as a filmmaker rooted in Scotland, more precisely in the particular Scottish mining village south of Edinburgh where he grew up. After opening in an Edinburgh children’s home, the first half of My Way Home (1978) brings Jamie back to Newcraighall which, if anything, is rendered more desolate and unwelcoming. But it also broadens the trilogy’s geographic and thematic concerns, for instance in the sequence in which Jamie’s first job leads to his being dressed in an ill-fitting suit, which he then discards in the ‘Gentleman’s’ toilet.

The film will be preceded by a presentation.

Activity organised with support of the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport.