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.
as Child
as Lewis
as Mrs Proctor
as Dorothy
as Birth mother
as Barbara
as Mother
as Occupational Therapist
as Mrs Priddle
as Child
as Mrs McPherson
as Library Assistant
as Patient
as Father
as Lecturer
as Drama Teacher
as Nurse Lipskey
as Social Worker
as Mrs Manaia
as Dr Marshall (psychiatrist)
as Mrs Flowers
as Mrs Jenkin
as Doctor
as Nurse
as Julie
as Mrs Walker
as Pat
as Nurse
as Nurse
as Husband
as Sister
as Librarian
as Janice
as Dr Rennie
as Cecily
as Liz
as Receptionist
