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The Green Years (1946)

The Green Years poster
Directed by
Victor Saville
Genre
drama film, comedy drama, coming-of-age film
Country
United States
Runtime
2h 07m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 16 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An Irish orphan moves to Scotland to live with his grandparents and grows up facing challenges and finding his place in the world.

nostalgicheartfeltgentlebittersweetearthywarmslow-pacedsentimental

What happens

The Green Years is a 1946 American comedy-drama film directed by Victor Saville and featuring Charles Coburn, Tom Drake, Beverly Tyler and Hume Cronyn. It was adapted by Robert Ardrey and Sonya Levien from A. J. Cronin's 1944 novel of the same name. It tells the story of the coming-of-age of an Irish orphan in Scotland. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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