Speak Like a Child

4.3 1998 77 min
Drama

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 Northumbri…

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Director
John Akomfrah
Writer
Danny Padmore

Cast

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Cal MacAninch Billy
Rachel Fielding Ruby
Fraser Ayres Sammy (Age 14)
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
Serena Gordon Matron
Janine Birkett Sammy's Mother
Helen Lederer Ms Feggetter
Shelley O'Brien Mad Mary
William Ulstein 1st Schoolboy (as William Ullstein)

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