My Ain Folk (1973)

7.2/10 55 min Drama

Overview

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.

Cast

Stephen Archibald

Jamie

Hughie Restorick

Tommy

Jean Taylor Smith

Grandmother

Bernard McKenna

Tommy's father

Paul Kermack

Jamie's father

Helena Gloag

Father's mother

Jessie Combe

Father's wife

William Carroll

Father's son

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