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Blitz

Blitz
Blitz

Blitz

Running time: 120 mins

Genre: Action, Drama

Directed by: Steve McQueen

Release Date: 01/11/2024

Starring: Saoirse Ronan, Harris Dickinson, Benjamin Clémentine

Steve McQueen's "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 mother 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.

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