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How Green Was My Valley

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Original title
How Green Was My Valley
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Running time
118 min.
Country
United States United States
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Genre
Drama | Melodrama. Family Relationships. Small Town Life (Non-North American). Social Drama. Job/Employment
Synopsis
This story of a Welsh valley's turn-of-the-century descent from pristine paradise to despoiled coal mining region, is told in flashback form by Huw Morgan, an old man who has decided to leave the valley forever. Huw is the youngest in a family of six brothers and one sister and the film centers on his struggle toward manhood amid conflicting demands of faith, economics, education and family loyalty in a Wales caught in an irreversible shift from a pastoral to an industrialized society.
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1941: 5 Academy Awards: Movie, Director, Sup. Actor (Crisp), Cinematography, Art Direction
1941: New York Film Critics Circle: Best Director. 2 Nominations
1941: National Board of Review (NBR): nominated to Top Films (In alphabetical order).
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How Green Was My Valley
1941
John Ford
8.2
(12,698)
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