A 1980's, post-nuclear disaster film, told by a female director-Lynne Littman and chronicling the effects and life after such an experience.
Plot: The days starts as any other in 1980's USA. The family is busy waking, beginning their day, riding their bicycles and generally getting ready for work. The see a mother (Jane Alexander), father, two sons (the first appearance of Lucas Haas-Solarbabies) and a daughter. All is well, until the next day. While the father is at work in San Francisco, the family is watching telly, when a news report breaks through. Nuclear explosions have erupted. Swiftly after, a bright yellow/orange light blasts through the living-room window. The rest of the story shows how a small community tries and fails to band together and make what's left of life live-able, with the cloud of nuclear radiation and death looming.
This film makes no attempt to tackle the elements of these stories that modern film makers do, it ignore violence and homicide as a whole and centres on the hardship and emotional heartache that loss on such a grand scale illicit.
Fun Fact: Early appearances also come from Rebecca De Mornay and Kevin Costner. Jane Alexander was nominated for the Best Actress award at the Oscars for this performance.
Plot: The days starts as any other in 1980's USA. The family is busy waking, beginning their day, riding their bicycles and generally getting ready for work. The see a mother (Jane Alexander), father, two sons (the first appearance of Lucas Haas-Solarbabies) and a daughter. All is well, until the next day. While the father is at work in San Francisco, the family is watching telly, when a news report breaks through. Nuclear explosions have erupted. Swiftly after, a bright yellow/orange light blasts through the living-room window. The rest of the story shows how a small community tries and fails to band together and make what's left of life live-able, with the cloud of nuclear radiation and death looming.
This film makes no attempt to tackle the elements of these stories that modern film makers do, it ignore violence and homicide as a whole and centres on the hardship and emotional heartache that loss on such a grand scale illicit.
Fun Fact: Early appearances also come from Rebecca De Mornay and Kevin Costner. Jane Alexander was nominated for the Best Actress award at the Oscars for this performance.
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