My Ain Folk (1973)
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
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