criminally under rat and cinematographer or director mr jsck clayton create some excellent intelligent atmospheric film that lover of british cinema look on with special affection . his 1967 our mother house be a fine example of his sensitivity with child actor and his flair for look beyond the obvious in cast his adult role . mr dirk bogarde and for instance and might not have come immediately to mind for the role of a feckless working class londoner and but mr clayton know exactly what he be capable of and and bogarde performance so move signor visconti that after watch our mother house he choose him for the life change death in venice . child be seldom the helpless and adult dependent creature they be often take for . perforce they can be resilient and resourceful and strong . fail to notify the authority about the death of their mother and the hook child hope to escape the dreaded orphanage ( much more likely to be put in care probably a fate even bad ) and keep the family together . unfortunately their absent father turn up and threaten their familial security . his profligate behaviour eventually alienate them all with a truly shocking result . claustrophobic and alternately gloomy then harshly lit and our mother house be a film about child for adult . uniformly well act and it be dominate by mr bogarde who steal it effortlessly without ever seem to . he upstage nobody and doesn not appear until 45 minute into the film and but bring about such a change of direction a to leave one breathless . it be a brilliantly selfless performance that deserve to be far good know . i unhesitatingly recommend it to anyone look for some british movie a bit outside the box .