Speak Like a Child

Speak Like a Child

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.

Cast for Speak Like a Child...

Fraser Ayres
Sammy (Age 14)
Alison Mac
Ruby (Age 14)
Adam Moran
Freddy Banes
Adam Pearson
Bobby Banes
Janine Birkett
Sammy's Mother
Helen Lederer
Ms Feggetter
William Ulstein
1st Schoolboy (as William Ullstein)
Simon Humphrey
2nd Schoolboy
Shirley Henderson
Woman in Dream (uncredited)
Daniel Newman
Billy (Age 14)