My Way Home
1978·Drama·1h 12m
7.1
★
Jamie leaves the children's home to live with his paternal grandmother. After working in a mine and in a tailor's shop, he is conscripted into the RAF, and goes to Egypt, where he is befriended by Robert, whose undemanding companionship releases Jamie from self-pity.
Directed by Bill Douglas
neglect
lgbt
autobiographical
child neglect
gay theme
IMDB
N/A
Cast
Stephen Archibald
Jamie
Joseph Blatchley
Robert
Paul Kermack
Jamie's father
Jessie Combe
Father's wife
William Carroll
Their son, Archie
John Young
Shop assistant
Gerald James
Mr Bridge
Crew
Bill Douglas
Director
Bill Douglas
Writer
Popular Reviews
6 reviews
carter wexler
9.0★ · 05/19/26
“If you were meant to be different you’d have been born different.”
What a beautiful ending to Bill Douglas’s autobiographical trilogy.
In My Way Home, and throughout the triptych it didn’t feel like watching a film, feeling genuinely immersed and heavily moved.
What a beautiful ending to Bill Douglas’s autobiographical trilogy.
In My Way Home, and throughout the triptych it didn’t feel like watching a film, feeling genuinely immersed and heavily moved.
“If you were meant to be different you’d have been born different.”
What a beautiful ending to Bill Douglas’s autobiographical trilogy.
In My Way Home, and throughout the triptych it didn’t feel like watching a film, feeling genuinely immersed and heavily moved.
What a beautiful ending to Bill Douglas’s autobiographical trilogy.
In My Way Home, and throughout the triptych it didn’t feel like watching a film, feeling genuinely immersed and heavily moved.
Maki
4.0★ · 05/10/26
Si la adolescencia es la mejor época de la vida por qué esta llena de soledad, búsquedas de identidad y el deseo de encontrar un hogar?
Si la adolescencia es la mejor época de la vida por qué esta llena de soledad, búsquedas de identidad y el deseo de encontrar un hogar?
SamEssss
8.0★ · 07/28/24
Narratively the more linear and cohesive of the trilogy, mirrored in the way that Jamie’s life has progressed toward self-discovery and independence; a quiet resolution.
All three of these films looked fantastic on the big screen; grainy, stark and beautiful.
Film 10 of Cinema Rediscovered.
Bill Douglas Trilogy
All three of these films looked fantastic on the big screen; grainy, stark and beautiful.
Film 10 of Cinema Rediscovered.
Bill Douglas Trilogy
Narratively the more linear and cohesive of the trilogy, mirrored in the way that Jamie’s life has progressed toward self-discovery and independence; a quiet resolution.
All three of these films looked fantastic on the big screen; grainy, stark and beautiful.
Film 10 of Cinema Rediscovered.
Bill Douglas Trilogy
All three of these films looked fantastic on the big screen; grainy, stark and beautiful.
Film 10 of Cinema Rediscovered.
Bill Douglas Trilogy
Abby
I can't believe I actually smiled while watching a part of this trilogy!? Although still incredibly bleak and melancholy, it does indeed have a lighter mood crescendo-ing until the end of this one. And I loved it God dang. Much more hopeful, very beautiful. I loved this trilogy so much.
(Also God dang you crappy amazon captions, you know I don't understands whatever alien language Scottish people call English)
(Also God dang you crappy amazon captions, you know I don't understands whatever alien language Scottish people call English)
I can't believe I actually smiled while watching a part of this trilogy!? Although still incredibly bleak and melancholy, it does indeed have a lighter mood crescendo-ing until the end of this one. And I loved it God dang. Much more hopeful, very beautiful. I loved this trilogy so much.
(Also God dang you crappy amazon captions, you know I don't understands whatever alien language Scottish people call English)
(Also God dang you crappy amazon captions, you know I don't understands whatever alien language Scottish people call English)
SamEssss
8.0★ · 03/21/23
Bill Douglas Trilogy 3/3
The self-discovery era.
The self-discovery era.
Bill Douglas Trilogy 3/3
The self-discovery era.
The self-discovery era.