Speak Like a Child
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Released: 1998
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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 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.
Starring: Cal Macaninch, Rachel Fielding, Fraser Ayres, Alison Mac, Carla Henry, Gavin Green, Emma Armitage, Tim Bird
Directed by: John Akomfrah
Written by: Danny Padmore
Language: English
Scenes
Sammy (Fraser Ayres) and Billy (Daniel Newman), both about 14 years old, bathe together at a children's home. When done, they pee into the bath water and "cross swords" with their streams.