
Oscar-winning director Steve McQueen turns his focus to the hardships and anxieties faced by Londoners during World War Two in his latest film, Blitz.
Single mother Rita (Little Women’s Saoirse Ronan), who lives in Stepney with her father Gerald (musician Paul Weller) and nine-year-old son George (newcomer Elliott Heffernan), is heartbroken when she sends George to be evacuated to the countryside.
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