About a Girl

Name: About a Girl
Genre: Drama
Released: 2001-08-25
Rating: 6.0
Cast: Ashley Thewlis, John Slater, Sue Jaynes, Laren Creek, Sarah Patel

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2001

Release Year

9 min

Runtime

Drama

Overview

A girl tells the story of her life and hopes for the future.

Keywords

short film

Cast

Ashley Thewlis

Girl

John Slater

Father

Sue Jaynes

Mother

Laren Creek

Toddler

Sarah Patel

Friend

Jill Regan

Friend

Kimberly Perkins

Friend

Jo Midgley

Shop Assistant

James Brown

Fishing Boy 1

Lee Shepherd

Fishing Boy 2

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6.0avg rating

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

June 9, 2026

6/10

“Mum, she’s not got worms. It’s dental floss”. Such words of wisdom are commonplace for this young lass (Ashley Thewlis) as she shares her life with her much younger sibling and her mother (Sue Jaynes). Her mother and father (John Slater) have separated and so she is, to an extent, a product of this…

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