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- Runtime
- 106 mins
A Polynesian street-kid and a much older middle-class housewife are both incarcerated in the same mental hospital - she for attempted suicide and he for habitual crime. A friendship grows between them such that she offers him a place to stay upon his release. However, difficulties arise with his continued criminal activities and dependence on her for support - then his gang moves in with them. The film is based upon Sue McCauley's award winning autobiographical novel.
A Polynesian street-kid and a much older middle-class housewife are both incarcerated in the same mental hospital - she for attempted suicide and he for habitual crime. A friendship grows between them such that she offers him a place to stay upon his release. However, difficulties arise with his continued criminal activities and dependence on her for support - then his gang moves in with them. The film is based upon Sue McCauley's award winning autobiographical novel.
Cast
- Lisa Harrow
- Mark Pilisi
- Paul Gittins
- Clare Clifford
- Bruce Purchase
- Emma Piper
- Temuera Morrison
- Fraser Stephen-Smith
- Alison Routledge
- Nathaniel Lees
- David Weatherley
- Stephen Tozer
- Yvonne Lawley
- John Bach
- Grant Tilly
- Raymond Reid
- Allan Sio
- Olaf Ulberg
- Roy Billing
- Judy McIntosh
Director
- John Laing
Producers
- Tom Finlayson
Screenwriter
- Sue McCauley
