Janine Birkett

Janine Birkett

Perfil

Janine Birkett
Janine Birkett

Filmes

Beautiful in the Morning
Nadine
Set in the British seaside, Beautiful in the Morning is a coming of age story about Marielle, a girl who reconnects with the women in her family over a summer, only for them to be torn apart by the arrival of an intrusive stranger.
Poppy Shakespeare
Candid
N has been a day patient at north London's Dorothy Fish day hospital for 13 years - her ambition is never to leave. Then she meets glamourous new patient Poppy Shakespeare, an ad agency receptionist convinced she's not mad.
Clay
Stephen's mother
Adaptation of the book by David Almond, set in 1960s Tyneside. Two 14-year-old boys team up against Mouldy, the town bully. Turning Crazy Mary s garden shed into a workshop, they discover that the sculptures they create come to life. Together they raise a golem, a creature fashioned from clay, capable of dispatching anyone, even Martin Mould. But when Mouldy winds up dead, the boys have to deal with the awful power they may have unleashed and the perils of getting what you wish for.
Billy Elliot
Billy's mother
Billy Elliot um garoto de 11 anos que vive numa pequena cidade da Inglaterra, onde o principal meio de sustento são as minas da cidade. Obrigado pelo pai a treinar boxe, Billy fica fascinado com a magia do balé, ao qual tem contato através de aulas de dança clássica que são realizadas na mesma academia onde pratica boxe. Incentivado pela professora de balé, que vê em Billy um talento nato para a dança, ele resolve então pendurar as luvas de boxe e se dedicar de corpo e alma dança, mesmo tendo que enfrentar a contrariedade de seu irmão e seu pai sua nova atividade.
Speak Like a Child
Sammy's Mother
Speak Like a Child, the feature film debut of documentary director John Akomfrah, explores the intense friendship that evolves between three troubled teenagers growing up in an isolated children's home on the Northumbrian coast. The desolate beauty of the coastline is captured in stunning panoramas, while strong performances by the young cast help to create a lyrical and poignant drama.