The White Bird Passes

1980· 65 min★ 8.3·

' I don't want to dust and polish. And I don't want to work on a farm. I want to write poetry, great poetry, as great as Shakespeare.' Those are the words of 16-year-old Janie as she comes to the end of a seven-year stay at an Aberdeenshire orphanage. (BBC Genome)

Cast: Isobel Black, Phyllis Logan, Vicki Masson

Director: Michael Radford