In 1990s Edinburgh, Barbara Thorburn reflects on memories of her poet mother, Greta, and her tragic death.
Celia Imrie
Barbara Thorburn
Jack Shepherd
Philip Lomax
James Fleet
Jim Thorburn
Gerda Stevenson
Greta Thorburn
Sean Scanlan
Andrew Cunningham
Hilary Maclean
Wendy
Walter Leask
Sam Kelday
Sheana Marr
Mrs. Kemp
Eoin MacDonald
Dan of Fea
Jimmy Moar
Billy Spence
Liz Robertson
Mary Kelday
Bobby Bews
Grandfather Bews
Keith Hutcheon
Roger
Mairi Wallace
Shoe Salesgirl
Pamela Kelly
Mrs. Brodie
Joan Alcorn
Mrs. Kilgour
Lisa Grindall
Joan Kilgour
Gowan Calder
Eileen
Katie Groat
Barbara Thornton (Young)
James Holmes
Fergus
Sean Holmes
Tom
Elsa Davidson
Young Greta
Thomas Pirie
Donald
Bill Jack
Newsreader
Douglas Sutherland
Art Critic
Erlend Tait
Boatman
Peter Tait
Norman Campbell Rees
Pedestrian (uncredited)
