Blitz (12A)

November 29th-December 1st

Drama

Director: Steve McQueen

Cast: Saoirse Ronan, Elliott Heffernan, Paul Weller, Harris Dickinson, Benjamin Clementine, Kathy Burke, Stephen Graham, Alex Jennings, Joshua McGuire, and Hayley Squires.

“Blitz” follows the epic journey of George (Elliott Heffernan), a 9-year-old boy in World War II London whose mother Rita (Saoirse Ronan) sends him to safety in the English countryside. George, defiant and determined to return home to his mom and his grandfather Gerald (Paul Weller) in East London, embarks on an adventure, only to find himself in immense peril, while a distraught Rita searches for her missing son.

“A film that unfolds as a breathtaking love letter to a complex and cosmopolitan city on the brink of collapse.” Kevin Maher, The Times