Tolkien

England, early 20th century. The future writer and philologist John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892-1973) and three of his schoolmates create a strong bond between them as they share the same passion for literature and art, a true fellowship that strengthens as they grow up, but the outbreak of World War I threatens to shatter it.

• world war i
• male friendship
• biography
• based on true story
• coming of age
• mentor protégé relationship
• boys' school
• troubled relationship
• oxford university
• birmingham
• boys club
• edwardian england
• 1900s