Speak like a child (1998)
- Original title
- Speak Like a Child
- Directed by
- John Akomfrah
- Genre
- drama
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 20m
- Rating
- 4.2 of 10 from 4 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
Three troubled teenagers form an intense friendship while living in an isolated children's home on the Northumbrian coast. The film follows their shared experiences against the desolate coastal landscape.
lyricalpoignantatmosphericslow-burnmelancholicbleakintimatecontemplative
More like this
- The War Zone (1999)
- Jellyfish (2018)
- Falling for a Dancer (1998)
- All the Little Animals (1998)
- Orphans (1998)
- Far from the Madding Crowd (1998)
- Riddler's Moon (1998)
- Sentimental Education (1998)
This page is from Underplayed Gems. Not quite it? Tell the Catbot what you feel like watching and it picks from the whole catalogue, or browse by genre, country and year.
Browse movies and series
press Enter to search by title, your filters still apply · for something by mood, tap Discover
Lists: Korean thrillers worth the evening · Anime films beyond Studio Ghibli · Slow films for a rainy night · Horror that unsettles instead of startling · Series you can finish in a weekend · Nordic crime worth the subtitles · Good films that end in under 90 minutes · Documentaries that play like thrillers
Loading movies…