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My Ain Folk

Jamie and Tommy are separated by the death of their grandmother; Jamie with another relative and Tommy to a welfare home. Now Jamie is all alone and his life is not at all happy taken over by silence, rejection and violence.

Director

Bill Douglas

Year

Genre

biography, drama

Box Office

N/A

Production

BFI

Awards

1 win & 1 nomination

Part of Collection

Bill Douglas Trilogy: My Ain Folk, My Childhood, My Way Home

Jamie

Stephen Archibald

Tommy

Hughie Restorick

Grandmother

Jean Taylor Smith

Tommy's Father

Bernard McKenna

Jamie's Grandad

Jamie's Father

Father's Mother

Father's Wife

Father's Son

William Carroll

Father's Girlfriend

Soldier

Schoolteacher

Undertaker

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Do you realise you've made me late for work? - My Ain Folk

Do you realise you've made me late for work?

(Engine idles) - My Ain Folk

They're gonna take us away!
They're gonna take us away! - My Ain Folk

They're gonna take us away! They're gonna take us ...

WOMAN: He was brought up
by his granny on his mother's side. - My Ain Folk

WOMAN: He was brought up by his granny on his mother's ...

Your mother's ruined my son's life. - My Ain Folk

Your mother's ruined my son's life.

Come on, give that to me. - My Ain Folk

Come on, give that to me.

Are you all right? - My Ain Folk

Are you all right?

(Door slams) - My Ain Folk

Come away from there. - My Ain Folk

Come away from there.

(Hissing) - My Ain Folk

(Urine trickles) - My Ain Folk

(Urine trickles)

(Sighs) - My Ain Folk

Who's the best boy... - My Ain Folk

Who's the best boy...

Who is it, my darling? - My Ain Folk

Who is it, my darling?

Ah. - My Ain Folk

Please, Jesus,
make my granny drunk every night. - My Ain Folk

Please, Jesus, make my granny drunk every night.

I got word from the asylum. - My Ain Folk

I got word from the asylum.

Whatever misfortune she had in her life,
she didnae deserve that. - My Ain Folk

Whatever misfortune she had in her life, she didnae deserve ...

(Rustling) - My Ain Folk

Your electric treatment
must have done you good. - My Ain Folk

Your electric treatment must have done you good.

He's wondering who l am. - My Ain Folk

He's wondering who l am.

- Is that you when you were young?
- Mm-hm. - My Ain Folk

- Is that you when you were young? - Mm-hm.

I've got bigger muscles than you. - My Ain Folk

I've got bigger muscles than you.

Thanks. - My Ain Folk

Grandad,
Granny isn't very good to you, is she? - My Ain Folk

Grandad, Granny isn't very good to you, is she?

TOMMY: Dear Jamie, just a few lines
to let you know how l am keeping. - My Ain Folk

TOMMY: Dear Jamie, just a few lines to let you know how l am...

The home is not bad,
so long as you learn to look out for yourself. - My Ain Folk

The home is not bad, so long as you learn to look out for yo...

How are you getting on, son? - My Ain Folk

How are you getting on, son?

Well, son,
you're growing up to be a fine, big lad. - My Ain Folk

Well, son, you're growing up to be a fine, big lad.

Well, son, l've been a bit worried about you. - My Ain Folk

Well, son, l've been a bit worried about you.

You see, son, it's the kids. - My Ain Folk

You see, son, it's the kids.

Can I come up here very often to see him? - My Ain Folk

Can I come up here very often to see him?

(Whispers) There's a mouse listening. - My Ain Folk

(Whispers) There's a mouse listening.

Do you know where your mother kept them? - My Ain Folk

Do you know where your mother kept them?

Well, go and bring them to Granny,
and she'll look after them. - My Ain Folk

Well, go and bring them to Granny, and she'll look afte...

(Sobs) - My Ain Folk

Would you not be better off in a home? - My Ain Folk

Would you not be better off in a home?

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Jamie and Tommy are separated by the death of their grandmother; Jamie with another relative and Tommy to a welfare home. Now Jamie is all alone and his life is not at all happy taken over by silence, rejection and violence.

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Director: Bill Douglas

Writer: Bill Douglas

Production: BFI

Genre: biography, drama

Year: 1973

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 7.5

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 31 Jul 2013

Awards: 1 win & 1 nomination

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Bill Douglas Trilogy: My Ain Folk, My Childhood, My Way Home