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.
Director and cast
- Bill Douglas Director
- 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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