My Name Is Leon

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My Name Is Leon

2022

1h 28m

Drama

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Leon, a mixed-race boy, and Jake, his white baby brother, are separated after their mother has a breakdown. Leon is determined to find him and gets unexpected support along the way.

Sean O'Grady

Independent (UK)

My Name is Leon, a dramatisation of the novel by Kit De Waal, is just incredibly moving. Yet it also seems curiously, frustratingly unfinished.

Rated: 4/5

Jun 14, 2022

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Deborah Ross

The Mail on Sunday (UK)

It is heartbreaking. I was in pieces, I admit. But while this explores grief, loss and anger, the touch was always light.

Rated: 4/5

Jun 13, 2022

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Anita Singh

Daily Telegraph (UK)

If this is a show designed to gently introduce older children to tough themes, it feels right.

Rated: 3/5

Jun 11, 2022

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Pat Stacey

Sunday Independent (Ireland)

At heart, this 90-minute adaptation of Kit de Waal’s novel, set in the 1980s, is a tearjerker about a little boy who is separated from his mother and baby brother. But it’s also about racism in Birmingham...

Rated: 3/5

Jun 29, 2022

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Alison Rowat

The Herald (Scotland)

The cast was outstanding -- Monica Dolan, Olivia Williams, Christopher Eccleston anyone? -- so I bought a ticket. I was glad in the end that I did.

Jun 17, 2022

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Lynette Linton

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Monica Dolan

Maureen

Malachi Kirby

Tufty Burrows

Cole Martin

Leon

Olivia Williams

Sylvia

Poppy Lee Friar

Carol

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Synopsis

Leon, a mixed-race boy, and Jake, his white baby brother, are separated after their mother has a breakdown. Leon is determined to find him and gets unexpected support along the way.

Director: Lynette Linton
Producer: Carol Harding
Screenwriter: Shola Amoo
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Runtime: 1h 28m