Of Time and the City

A love song and a eulogy

APPROPIATE

2008 / 78min.

Rating7

Genres

Documentary

Synopsis

British director Terence Davies reflects on his birthplace of Liverpool - his memories of growing up there and how it has changed in the years since - in the process meditating on the internal struggles and conflicts that have wracked him throughout his life and the history of England during the second half of the 20th century.

Directors

Actors

Terence Davies

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