Nobody's Child
1986
When nobody could help her, she helped herself
- Lee Grant
- 1h 40m
- April 5, 1986 · Canada, United States of America
Overview
Fact-based drama about the life of Marie Balter, who spent most of her young life in mental institutions. At age 16, she first attempted suicide and the next 20 years she spent in and out of the institutions. At last, a caring doctor started treating her for extreme depression and panic disorder. Weened from strong medications she had taken all her life, at age 36, she emerged for the last time and started a rehabilitation program in the home of a volunteer married couple. There she met a fellow patient with whom she developed a romantic relationship. She also started a college degree. This followed with a long-term professional success in the field of mental health.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- April 5, 1986
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- Canada, United States of America
- Production
- Gaylord Productions
- Cast
- Sandra Seacat,Antony Holland,Todd Duckworth,Sheila Moore,William Nunn,Don MacKay,Betty Phillips,Donna Ford,Nancy Beatty,Kathy Bakerand 10 more
- Director
- Lee Grant
- Writer
- Mary Gallagher,Ara Watson
- Producer
- Joseph Feury,Dyson Lovell
- Cinematography
- Sven Nykvist
- Music
- Michael Small
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
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