My Ain Folk

Name: My Ain Folk
Genre: Drama
Released: 2020-06-29
Duration: 55 min
Rating: 70
Cast: Stephen Archibald, Hughie Restorick, Jean Taylor Smith, Bernard McKenna, Mr. Munro

Movie

Audience Score

NR 55 minDrama

Part of Bill Douglas Trilogy

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.

StarringStephen ArchibaldHughie RestorickJean Taylor Smith

DirectorBill Douglas

WriterBill Douglas

Movie Details Full Cast & Crew

Cast & Crew

Nick Nascht

Producer

Bill Douglas

Director

Charles Rees

Producer

Tony Bicât

Producer

Bill Douglas

Writer

Peter West

Editor

Movie Details

Original Language:English

Production Companies:BFI

Movie Tags:

autobiographical neglect child neglect

Bill Douglas Trilogy

The Bill Douglas Trilogy recounts the harrowing experiences of a young boy, Jamie, growing up in crippling poverty: material and emotional impoverishment; harrowing privations at the hands of his paternal grandmother; incarceration in a children’s home; living in a hostel for down-and-outs.