"Seven-year-old Jess is removed from her peculiar Pentecostal home and sent to school."
Charlotte Coleman
as Jess
Geraldine McEwan
as Mother
Emily Aston
as Small Jess
Kenneth Cranham
as Pastor Finch
Elizabeth Spriggs
as May
Cathryn Bradshaw
as Melanie
Celia Imrie
as Miss Jewsbury
Freda Dowie
as Mrs Green
Barbara Hicks
as Cissy
David Thewlis
as Doctor
Pam Ferris
as Mrs Arkwright
Margery Withers
as Elsie
Peter Gordon
as William
Tamar Swade
as Church Pianist
Jeanette Winterson
Novel
Beeban Kidron
Director
Writer
Phillippa Giles
Producer
Rachel Portman
Music
