In the film Blitz, directed by Sir Steve McQueen, viewers follow the gripping journey of George (Elliott Heffernan), a 9-year-old boy in World War II London, whose mother Rita (Saoirse Ronan) sends him to the English countryside to keep him safe. However, George is determined to return to his mother and his grandfather Gerald (Paul Weller) in East London. Thus, he embarks on an adventure that puts him in great danger. Meanwhile, a desperate Rita searches for her missing son.