One of Those People that Live in the World
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.
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Release
1974-10-14
Cast
Lisa Aitken
Child
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
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