The film focuses on two boys, one of whom has got into trouble with the police after he is accused of an act of vandalism which he did not commit, but in which he has taken too much interest. After his father tells him to await punishment, he runs away, and his friend tracks him down. Both boys' parents are employed at a certain type of power station which is in danger of meltdown - the obvious word beginning with 'n' is never used during the film. When the boys return home they find the whole area deserted, but still do not know why. The film focuses on the boys' struggle for survival once they realise what is happening.
This film was shot in the north west Wales region of Gwynnedd - mainly in Trawsfynydd and Porthmadog, with a few scenes in Blaenau Ffestiniog and the surrounding roads, and the facility in question is the now defunct Trawsfynydd power station. Even allowing for the fact that the nuclear power industry in the 1970s will have employed people from all over the UK, whose default language will have been English, the shortage of Welsh characters and the almost total lack of Welsh signs in one of the most Welsh parts of "Welsh Wales" is still somewhat jarring. The only exception on screen is a police station with a sign reading "Heddlu - Police", presumably because the building was also a police station in real life.
These concerns aside, the film is full of action throughout. Notably, the final scene is reminiscent of spy thrillers except that it was shot in Blaenau rather than Berlin. To know more it will be necessary to watch the film, and I recommend that course of action.
This film was shot in the north west Wales region of Gwynnedd - mainly in Trawsfynydd and Porthmadog, with a few scenes in Blaenau Ffestiniog and the surrounding roads, and the facility in question is the now defunct Trawsfynydd power station. Even allowing for the fact that the nuclear power industry in the 1970s will have employed people from all over the UK, whose default language will have been English, the shortage of Welsh characters and the almost total lack of Welsh signs in one of the most Welsh parts of "Welsh Wales" is still somewhat jarring. The only exception on screen is a police station with a sign reading "Heddlu - Police", presumably because the building was also a police station in real life.
These concerns aside, the film is full of action throughout. Notably, the final scene is reminiscent of spy thrillers except that it was shot in Blaenau rather than Berlin. To know more it will be necessary to watch the film, and I recommend that course of action.