Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
William Hurt | ... | Graham Holt | |
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Nathan Yapp | ... | Jimmy |
Keith Allen | ... | John | |
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Chris Cleary Miles | ... | James |
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Doris Irving | ... | Adoption Shop Volunteer |
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James Warrior | ... | Senior Social Worker |
Jane Horrocks | ... | Debbie | |
Alfred Lynch | ... | Edward | |
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Rachel Freeman | ... | Elsie |
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Gus Troakes | ... | Jeffo |
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Mossie Smith | ... | Lynn |
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Martin Troakes | ... | Colin |
Shaun Dingwall | ... | Graham, age 20 | |
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Paul Wilson | ... | Colin, age 20 |
Alan Cumming | ... | Bernard |
Graham Holt is a lonely middle-aged man who runs a postal substation in a small village in England. He decides to adopt a son. James is the troubled youth he gets with the assistance of social worker Debbie. James has been in an orphanage for years since his mother committed suicide. He adores his outlaw father John, sent to prison not long after the mother's death. Can James learn to love Graham? Can Graham settle for being second best? Written by Reid Gagle
This is a moving, touching film. For me a little bit frightening too. In the real world there are some people, who behave like Holt. (Unimportant, but funny that the word "Holt" means Dead in Hungarian which is my first language.) This movie is like a therapy, an advice for unhappy, lonely people. A believable film is a great pleasure nowadays, but if you meet your own life face-to-face in a script, well... it's pretty scary. If you pay attention good enough, it changes your life! Thank God for this film!