

102 minutes
12/26/1998
This adaptation of Laurie Lee's autobiographical novel follows a young man's maturation in the country town of Gloucestershire near the end of World War I. As young Laurie comes of age under the protective eye of his mother, he learns to live with an eccentric collection of friends, neighbours, and relatives. As he enters his teenage years, Laurie discovers women.

Juliet Stevenson
as Annie Lee

Joe Roberts
as Laurie Lee

David Troughton
as Uncle Sid

Emily Mortimer
as Miss Flynn

Grant Masters
as Father Lee

Amanda Boxer
as Miss Biggs

John Light
as Boyfriend Harold

William Moseley
as Extra

Con O'Neill
as Uncle Ray

Judith Paris
as Spinster 2

Angela Pleasence
as Crabby

Freda Dowie
as Granny Wallon

Ben Wheatley
as Older Jack