Dustbin Baby (2008)
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.
Director: Juliet May
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Dakota Blue Richards as April |
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Juliet Stevenson as Marion |
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Saffron Coomber as Cathy |
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Poppy Lee Friar as Hannah |
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Jenna Boyd as Sandra |
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George Bustin as Baby April |
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David Haig as Elliot |
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Marika McKennell as Tanya |
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Di Botcher as Pat Williams |
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Lucy Hutchinson as Little April |
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Ian Kelsey as Daniel Johnson |
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Carol Starks as Janet Johnson |
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Jane McDowell as Mrs Stephenson |
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Simon Roberts as Mr Stephenson |
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Joanna Dunn as Policewoman |
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Alex Hewett as Young April |
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Ben McKay as Stranger |
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Peter Bramhill as Police Officer |
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Chris Ryman as Frankie |
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Leah Coombes as Hoody Girl |
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Elijah Baker as Hoody Boy |
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Nicola Duffett as Big Mo |
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Tat Whalley as Little Pete |
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Leah Harvey as Gina (as Leah Ferguson) |
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Louis Payne as Robbie |
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Sylvia Hodgson as Pearl |
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Lizzy Clark as Poppy |
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Waleed Akhtar as Asif |
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Chizzy Akudolu as Railway Woman |
| Art | James Price | Art Direction |
| Directing | Juliet May | Director |
| Production | Anne Brogan | Executive Producer |
| Production | Julia Ouston | Producer |
| Production | Melanie Stokes | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Adrian Johnston | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Helen Blakeman | Writer |
| Camera | Chris Goodger | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Jake Bernard | Editor |
| Production | Amanda Tabak | Casting |
| Art | Melanie Allen | Production Design |
| Art | Julie Signy | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Yves Barre | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nana Fischer | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sandra O'Brien | Makeup Artist |
| Writing | Jacqueline Wilson | Novel |
