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.
Stephen Archibald , Hughie Restorick , Jean Taylor Smith , Bernard McKenna , Paul Kermack , Helena Gloag , Jessie Combe , William Carroll
BFI