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Speak Like a Child

Speak Like a Child1998

★4.377 minDrama

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.

Director

Writer

Stars

Cal MacAninch Rachel Fielding Fraser Ayres

Cast23

Cal MacAninch
as Billy
Rachel Fielding
as Ruby
Fraser Ayres
as Sammy (Age 14)
A
Alison Mac
as Ruby (Age 14)
C
Carla Henry
as Dorothy
G
Gavin Green
as Bernie
E
Emma Armitage
as Katy
T
Tim Bird
as David
D
Dawn Fletcher
as Betty
A
Adam Moran
as Freddy Banes
A
Adam Pearson
as Bobby Banes
T
Tracy Emmerton
as Sally
K
Katie Clibbon
as Sarah
Serena Gordon
as Matron
Janine Birkett
as Sammy's Mother
Helen Lederer
as Ms Feggetter
S
Shelley O'Brien
as Mad Mary
W
William Ulstein
as 1st Schoolboy (as William Ullstein)
S
Simon Humphrey
as 2nd Schoolboy
Shirley Henderson
as Woman in Dream (uncredited)
Ian Reddington
as Master
Daniel Newman
as Billy (Age 14)
Richard Mylan
as Sammy

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