One of Those People that Live in the World
- Released on
- Runtime
- 70 mins
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.
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.
Cast
- Lisa Aitken
- Donna Akersten
- John Anderson
- Gael Anderson
- Anne Batt
- Jean Betts
- Pat Birdling
- Helen Brew
- Kaye Buchanan
- Marie Bullock
- Sarah Burdett
- Georgina Carey
- Lisa Cunningham
- Jonathan Dennis
- Russell Duncan
- Frank Edwards
- Anne England
- Janice Finn
- Jan Fraser
- Thelma Gradmair
- Michael haigh
- Margaret Hawkins
- Nancy Krinkle
- Jim Macfarlane
- Anne Manchester
- Denise Maunder
- Wendy McFarlane
- Jane McKechnie
- Vivienne Morgan
- Jean Packman
- John Reid
- Mary Anne Roberts
- Lewis Rowe
- Olwen Taylor
- Jenny Vaademeyer
- Davinia White
- Valmarie Yates
Director
- Paul Maunder
Producers
- David H. Fowler
