Of Time and the City

October. 31,2008      
Rating:
7.2
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Terence Davies as  Narrator (voice)

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