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Speak Like a Child

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Calorie Rating: 108
Released: 1998-09-04
Running Time: 77 Minutes
Studios: Leda Serene Films,


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.

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Cast

Cal MacAninch
Character: Billy
Rachel Fielding
Character: Ruby
Fraser Ayres
Character: Sammy (Age 14)

Alison Mac
Character: Ruby (Age 14)
Carla Henry
Character: Dorothy
Gavin Green
Character: Bernie

Emma Armitage
Character: Katy
Tim Bird
Character: David
Dawn Fletcher
Character: Betty

Adam Moran
Character: Freddy Banes
Adam Pearson
Character: Bobby Banes
Tracy Emmerton
Character: Sally

Katie Clibbon
Character: Sarah
Serena Gordon
Character: Matron
Janine Birkett
Character: Sammy's Mother

Helen Lederer
Character: Ms Feggetter
Shelley O'Brien
Character: Mad Mary
William Ulstein
Character: 1st Schoolboy (as William Ullstein)

Simon Humphrey
Character: 2nd Schoolboy
Shirley Henderson
Character: Woman in Dream (uncredited)
Ian Reddington
Character: Master

Daniel Newman
Character: Billy (Age 14)
Richard Mylan
Character: Sammy


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