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.
Directing | Paul Maunder | Director |
Writing | Paul Maunder | Writer |
Editing | Paul Maunder | Editor |
Editing | Anne Manchester | Editor |
Camera | David Dryden | Camera Operator |
Production | David H. Fowler | Producer |
Sound | Dan Reynolds | Sound |
Production | Michael Scott-Smith | Executive Producer |
Sound | Geoff Shepherd | Sound Recordist |
Camera | Bayly Watson | Camera Production Assistant |
Art | Wayne Thom | Decorator |
Sound | Tony Backhouse | Music |
Camera | Lynton Diggle | Director of Photography |