One of Those People that Live in the World (1974)
Synopsis
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.
Release Date: 1974-10-14
Runtime: 70 minutes
Director: Paul Maunder
Top Cast
- Lisa Aitken as Child
- John Anderson as Lewis
- Gael Anderson as Mrs Proctor
- Anne Batt as Dorothy
- Jean Betts as Birth mother
- Pat Birdling as Barbara
- Helen Brew as Mother
- Kaye Buchanan as Occupational Therapist
- Marie Bullock as Mrs Priddle
- Sarah Burdett as Child
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