The film follows the story of young teen April whose troubled life began in a dustbin - a new born baby, abandoned and alone, not celebrated, not wanted but discarded and left like so much rubbish in an industrial bin behind a pizza parlour. On the morning of her fourteenth birthday April has a devastating row with her foster mother, Marion and leaves the house determined to find out where she really comes from, who she really is and maybe, just maybe, find her real mother. Telling no-one what she's up to or where she's going, April skips school and begins the search she's dreamed about all her life. It's a blur of social workers, children's homes and special schools as April revisits and recalls the key scenes of her fragmented past. It's a painful journey, sometimes frightening but there's also friendship and love and laughter. And now she's started, there's no going back - April must find her mother.
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Cast
29 people
Dakota Blue Richards
April
Known for
The Golden Compass
Skins
Juliet Stevenson
Marion
Known for
Secret Invasion
Atlantis
Saffron Coomber
Cathy
Known for
Small Axe
Bookish
Poppy Lee Friar
Hannah
Known for
Good Omens
My Cousin Rachel
Jenna Boyd
Sandra
Known for
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
Wicked
George Bustin
Baby April
David Haig
Elliot
Known for
Penny Dreadful
Two Weeks Notice
Marika McKennell
Tanya
No other roles listed
Di Botcher
Pat Williams
Known for
Sherlock
Casualty
Lucy Hutchinson
Little April
Also in
Prometheus
The Politician's Husband
Ian Kelsey
Daniel Johnson
Known for
Casualty
Innocent
Carol Starks
Janet Johnson
Also in
Family Money
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Juliet May Director · Helen Blakeman Writer Jacqueline Wilson Author
First release December 21, 2008
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · December 21, 2008
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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