
Dustbin Baby
Drama · Thriller
Overview
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.
Top Cast


Dakota Blue Richards
Dakota Blue Richards
April
Dakota Blue Richards
April


Juliet Stevenson
Juliet Stevenson
Marion
Juliet Stevenson
Marion


Saffron Coomber
Saffron Coomber
Cathy
Saffron Coomber
Cathy


Poppy Lee Friar
Poppy Lee Friar
Hannah
Poppy Lee Friar
Hannah


Jenna Boyd
Jenna Boyd
Sandra
Jenna Boyd
Sandra
George Bustin
George Bustin
Baby April
George Bustin
Baby April


David Haig
David Haig
Elliot
David Haig
Elliot
Marika McKennell
Marika McKennell
Tanya
Marika McKennell
Tanya


Di Botcher
Di Botcher
Pat Williams
Di Botcher
Pat Williams


Lucy Hutchinson
Lucy Hutchinson
Little April
Lucy Hutchinson
Little April
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