Top billed cast

1. 

   Toby Jones

   Philip Burton

2. 

   Lesley Manville

   Ma Smith

3. 

   Harry Lawtey

   Richard Jenkins Jr.

4. 

   Aimee-Ffion Edwards

   Cecilia 'Cis' Jenkins

5. 

   Aneurin Barnard

   Eifed James

6. 

   Steffan Rhodri

   Dic Jenkins

7. 

   Mali O'Donnell

   Phyllis Dolan

8. 

   Alfie Llewellyn

   Evans

9. 

   Dylan Jones

   Morgan

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2025-04-14

Despite being a bit lop-sided, this is still quite a poignant story of the young Richard Jenkins (Harry Lawtey) who has been living with his elder sister and her husband since his mother died whilst he was an infant. His dad (Steffan Rhodri) worked hard down the mines then boozed hard afterwards, and so the young lad was largely neglected by him as he grew to curious manhood. He was interested at school, liked to read and sing and play rugby - and that attracted the attention of his teacher Burton (Toby Jones). He was a scholarly man, but a frustrated Thesp, who had lodged for many a year with...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$1,396,769.00

Keywords

• wales
• adoptive father
• biography
• based on true story
• teacher student relationship
• inspiring story
• 1940s
• lower-middle-class
• based on real person