When the Wind Blows

This charmingly-crafted animated feature tyos with the perceptions and the realities of a nuclear war through the eyes of a typically English retired couple. When informed by radio that a nuclear attack is just minutes away, James Bloggs builds the fallout shelter that government leaflets describe while his wife scurries to finish the laundry. This depiction of a patriotic elderly couple and their reliance on propaganda in the shadow of inevitable disaster has surprising impact.