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Speak Like a Child
1998, Sep 04
1h 17m
Speak Like a Child, the feature film debut of documentary director John Akomfrah, explores the intense friendship that evolves between three troubled teenagers growing up in an isolated children's home on the Northumbrian coast. The desolate beauty of the coastline is captured in stunning panoramas, while strong performances by the young cast help to create a lyrical and poignant drama.
Directed by
John Akomfrah
Written by
Danny Padmore
Cal MacAninch
Billy
Ian Reddington
Master
Richard Mylan
Sammy
Shirley Henderson
Woman in Dream (uncredited)
Rachel Fielding
Ruby
Daniel Newman
Billy (Age 14)
Fraser Ayres
Sammy (Age 14)
Janine Birkett
Sammy's Mother
Serena Gordon
Matron
Helen Lederer
Ms Feggetter
Alison Mac
Ruby (Age 14)
Carla Henry
Dorothy
Gavin Green
Bernie
Emma Armitage
Katy
Tim Bird
David
Dawn Fletcher
Betty
Adam Moran
Freddy Banes
Adam Pearson
Bobby Banes
Tracy Emmerton
Sally
Katie Clibbon
Sarah
Shelley O'Brien
Mad Mary
William Ulstein
1st Schoolboy (as William Ullstein)
Simon Humphrey
2nd Schoolboy
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