When the Wind Blows (1986)

Directed by

Jimmy Murakami

Genre

drama film, disaster film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 21m

Rated

6

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 336 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An elderly retired couple prepares for a nuclear war by following government advice from pamphlets. After the bombs fall, they try to maintain their daily routines inside their home while the fallout slowly poisons them.

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What happens

When the Wind Blows is a 1986 British adult animated anti-war film directed by Jimmy Murakami based on the 1982 graphic novel by Raymond Briggs. It stars the voices of John Mills and Peggy Ashcroft as the two main characters and was scored by Roger Waters. The film recounts an elderly couple's attempt to survive a nuclear attack and maintain a sense of normality in fallout and nuclear winter. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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