Storyline
Writer/director Paul Maunder's second drama after his award-winning Going Up North for a While is a portrait of a woman's mental health crisis. In part one Julie (Denise Maunder) is haunted by her birth mother's breakdown. Her inner monologue narrates events; Julie hopes marriage and a job will "cure" her, and falls pregnant. After a traumatic delivery, she suffers an acute episode and is admitted into care. Part two takes place in a psychiatric hospital where drugs, electroconvulsive therapy and art therapy were standard treatments at the time. Maunder undertook research at Auckland's Kingseat psychiatric hospital.
Released
10/14/1974
Runtime
1h 10min
Director
Genre
Status
Released
Language
English
Production
The National Film Unit
Cast
Lisa Aitken
Child
Donna Akersten
Receptionist
John Anderson
Lewis
Gael Anderson
Mrs Proctor
Anne Batt
Dorothy
Jean Betts
Birth mother
Pat Birdling
Barbara
Helen Brew
Mother
Kaye Buchanan
Occupational Therapist
Marie Bullock
Mrs Priddle
Sarah Burdett
Child
Georgina Carey
Mrs McPherson
Lisa Cunningham
Library Assistant
Jonathan Dennis
Patient
Russell Duncan
Father
Frank Edwards
Lecturer
Anne England
Drama Teacher
Janice Finn
Nurse Lipskey
Jan Fraser
Social Worker
Thelma Gradmair
Mrs Manaia
Michael haigh
Dr Marshall (psychiatrist)
Margaret Hawkins
Mrs Flowers
Nancy Krinkle
Mrs Jenkin
Jim Macfarlane
Doctor
Anne Manchester
Nurse
Denise Maunder
Julie
Wendy McFarlane
Mrs Walker
Jane McKechnie
Pat
Vivienne Morgan
Nurse
Jean Packman
Nurse
John Reid
Husband
Mary Anne Roberts
Sister
Lewis Rowe
Librarian
Olwen Taylor
Janice
Jenny Vaademeyer
Dr Rennie
Davinia White
Cecily
Valmarie Yates
Liz