Short film
Smith
1939 · 10 min
A sober, earnest short that plays like a compassionate public appeal, moving from quiet despair to cautious hope.
- Directed by
- Michael Powell
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Ralph Richardson, Flora Robson, Allan Jeayes
- Overview
- John Smith, a middle-aged married man, is made redundant by his employer; at a loss and despairing, his friend Harry Jones suggests applying to the Embankment Fellowship Centre, a charity that provides hostelling, retraining and help finding work for men in his position.
- How it feels
- Melancholic, earnest, bleak and warm. Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Survival, class, family, isolation
- Content
- Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Michael Powell
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Ralph Richardson, Flora Robson, Allan Jeayes
