1974·Drama·1h 38m
7.1
★
As a young man, Tom, prepares to leave the Suffolk village of his birth, voices and experiences from his family's past crowd in on his mind, weaving a poetic tapestry of the love of home and the longing to get away from it.
Directed by Peter Hall
suffolk, england
IMDB
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Cast
Peter Tuddenham
Old Tom (voiceover)
Crew
Peter Hall
Director
Peter Hall
Producer
Popular Reviews
3 reviews
alex glifford
8.0★ · 05/16/25
So beautiful
The glares and glows we claustrophobic but comforting however smothering it gets
Everything’s just shrouded in nature
Far less concerned with story or plot than experience
Just spending some time in the countryside, feeling your way around some generational tales
That said it plays into these echos between generations very neatly
Never relies on them to start laying out anything to go from A to B and whatnot
But uses any devices it sets up very cleverly I thought to kind of jab at you almost
You get lulled into the rhythm of it all and suddenly there’s a link brought to the surface
However abrupt or subtle, there’s such a vision for so much of this
I even found myself holding my breath at the final shot for some reason then the music came in and I could relax
So strange I really didn’t see it having that grip on me but it did just sneak up on me
So I found that pretty impressive
Hard to fault but there doesn’t seem to be much more remarkable outside of what’s clearly right in front of you
I just wish there could’ve been more of something to really hold onto
But maybe that would’ve been for the worse
So so glad to have watched this
Felt like a very healing personal sort of watch
Wonderful
The glares and glows we claustrophobic but comforting however smothering it gets
Everything’s just shrouded in nature
Far less concerned with story or plot than experience
Just spending some time in the countryside, feeling your way around some generational tales
That said it plays into these echos between generations very neatly
Never relies on them to start laying out anything to go from A to B and whatnot
But uses any devices it sets up very cleverly I thought to kind of jab at you almost
You get lulled into the rhythm of it all and suddenly there’s a link brought to the surface
However abrupt or subtle, there’s such a vision for so much of this
I even found myself holding my breath at the final shot for some reason then the music came in and I could relax
So strange I really didn’t see it having that grip on me but it did just sneak up on me
So I found that pretty impressive
Hard to fault but there doesn’t seem to be much more remarkable outside of what’s clearly right in front of you
I just wish there could’ve been more of something to really hold onto
But maybe that would’ve been for the worse
So so glad to have watched this
Felt like a very healing personal sort of watch
Wonderful
So beautiful
The glares and glows we claustrophobic but comforting however smothering it gets
Everything’s just shrouded in nature
Far less concerned with story or plot than experience
Just spending some time in the countryside, feeling your way around some generational tales
That said it plays into these echos between generations very neatly
Never relies on them to start laying out anything to go from A to B and whatnot
But uses any devices it sets up very cleverly I thought to kind of jab at you almost
You get lulled into the rhythm of it all and suddenly there’s a link brought to the surface
However abrupt or subtle, there’s such a vision for so much of this
I even found myself holding my breath at the final shot for some reason then the music came in and I could relax
So strange I really didn’t see it having that grip on me but it did just sneak up on me
So I found that pretty impressive
Hard to fault but there doesn’t seem to be much more remarkable outside of what’s clearly right in front of you
I just wish there could’ve been more of something to really hold onto
But maybe that would’ve been for the worse
So so glad to have watched this
Felt like a very healing personal sort of watch
Wonderful
The glares and glows we claustrophobic but comforting however smothering it gets
Everything’s just shrouded in nature
Far less concerned with story or plot than experience
Just spending some time in the countryside, feeling your way around some generational tales
That said it plays into these echos between generations very neatly
Never relies on them to start laying out anything to go from A to B and whatnot
But uses any devices it sets up very cleverly I thought to kind of jab at you almost
You get lulled into the rhythm of it all and suddenly there’s a link brought to the surface
However abrupt or subtle, there’s such a vision for so much of this
I even found myself holding my breath at the final shot for some reason then the music came in and I could relax
So strange I really didn’t see it having that grip on me but it did just sneak up on me
So I found that pretty impressive
Hard to fault but there doesn’t seem to be much more remarkable outside of what’s clearly right in front of you
I just wish there could’ve been more of something to really hold onto
But maybe that would’ve been for the worse
So so glad to have watched this
Felt like a very healing personal sort of watch
Wonderful
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