Dustbin Baby 16 years old

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.

Credits

Dustbin Baby Cast

Name Character
Juliet Stevenson She was 52, now 68 years old as Marion
Dakota Blue Richards She was 14, now 30 years old as April
Poppy Lee Friar She was 13, now 29 years old as Hannah
David Haig He was 53, now 69 years old as Elliot
Lucy Hutchinson She was 388, 61 years old when she died as Little April

Dustbin Baby Crew

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Dustbin Baby poster
Dustbin Baby (16 years)

  • Release day: Sunday, December 21, 2008
  • Runtime: 88 minutes