SYNOPSIS
A darkly satirical and deeply affecting tale, WHEN THE WIND BLOWS concerns the final days of Jim and Hilda Bloggs, an elderly couple living in the remote Sussex countryside, whose almost romantic, rose-tinted memories of World War II are put into sharp relief when they are faced with the threat of a new war and an impending nuclear attack on the British Isles. With unwavering faith in the government, Jim prepares for the assault relying on advice contained in various local council- and government-issued pamphlets, naively disregarding the errors, inconsistencies and omissions of vital information. Hilda, meanwhile, goes about her daily housework, convinced that everything will be okay and it will all be over by Christmas.