My Ain Folk
1973, Film, 55 min, Biography, Drama, English, United Kingdom, MoviePedia score 68
When Jamie's maternal grandmother dies, he and his brother Tommy are separated - Tommy is taken off to a welfare home and Jamie goes to live with his other grandmother and uncle. His life is far from happy, filled with silence, rejection and bouts of violence.
Directed by Bill Douglas
Cast
- Stephen Archibald as Jamie
- Hughie Restorick as Tommy
- Jean Taylor Smith as Grandmother
- Bernard McKenna as Tommy's Father
- Mr. Munro as Jamie's Grandad
- Paul Kermack as Jamie's Father
- Helena Gloag as Father's Mother
- Jessie Combe as Father's Wife
- William Carroll as Father's Son
- Anne McLeod as Father's Girlfriend
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