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A family is shattered over the daughter's forced abortion. As she rebels against her family and their traditional, authoritarian, typical-of-the-time norms, she is hospitalized and otherwise mistreated.
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Janice Baildon
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Mr. Baildon
Grace Cave ...
Mrs. Baildon
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Tim
Hilary Martyn ...
Barbara Baildon (as Hilary Martin)
Michael Riddall ...
Dr. Donaldson
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Mr. Caswell
Johnny Gee ...
Man in the Garden
Bernard Atha
Freddie Clemson ...
(as Freddy Clemson)
Alec Coleman
Jack Connell
Ellis Dale
Terry Duggan
Rossana Garofala ...
(as Rosana Garofalo)
Muriel Hunte
Jason James
Julie May
Elena Montoya
Myrtle Mackenzie ...
(as Myrtle McKenzie)
Ena Owen
Ann Penfold
Jill Richards
Rita Russell
Rosario Serrano
Allan Travell
Doremy Vernon
Chris Webb
Dorothy White
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Self (uncredited) (voice)
Debbie Martyn ...
Barbara's Daughter (uncredited)
Anthony Phipps ...
Patient in Dr. Donaldson's clinic (uncredited)
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Ambulance man (uncredited)

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Ken Loach ... (as Kenneth Loach)

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David Mercer ... (screenplay)
 
David Mercer ... (play "In Two Minds")

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Tony Garnett ... producer
Irving Teitelbaum ... associate producer

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Marc Wilkinson

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Charles Stewart

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Roy Watts

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Mick Monks ... second assistant editor (as Michael Monks) / second assistant editor
Jeremy Thomas ... first assistant editor

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William McCrow

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Daphne Dare

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Keith Evans ... production manager

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Paul Fell ... second assistant director
Sean Hudson ... assistant director
Bryan Oates ... second assistant director

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George Noonan ... prop buyer
Tony Teiger ... property master

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Peter Elliott ... dubbing editor
Gerry Humphreys ... sound recordist (as Gerry Humphries)
Richard Laughton ... boom operator
Frederick Sharp ... sound recordist

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Don Maton ... electrician
Geoff Mulligan ... camera operator
Ron Pearce ... gaffer
Jack Roche ... grip

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Richard Pointing ... wardrobe

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Penny Eyles ... continuity

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Barbara Allen ... production secretary
Vivienne Arlette ... filmmaker (as Vivienne Ablett)
Sophie Baker ... filmmaker
John Batt ... filmmaker
Bobby Blues ... production executive (as Bob Blues)
Dennis Brennan ... filmmaker
Nat Cohen ... presents
Chris Cook ... filmmaker (as Christopher Cook)
Joy Cuff ... filmmaker (as Joy Seddon)
Paul Cuff ... filmmaker
Arthur Day ... filmmaker
Bill Draper ... filmmaker
Bernard Ellis ... filmmaker
Maureen Gregson ... unit publicist
Evan Hercules ... filmmaker
Geoffrey Hill ... filmmaker
Janet Law ... filmmaker
Gay Lawley-Wakelin ... filmmaker
Dennis Lay ... filmmaker
Terry Lewis ... filmmaker
Julian Miller ... filmmaker
Michael Murchan ... filmmaker
Ivan Strasburg ... filmmaker
John Woodley ... filmmaker
Tony Tweedale ... publicist (uncredited)
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A 19-year-old London girl receives aggressive psychiatric treatments for her schizophrenic behaviour from a doctor who still wants her family to insure the guard of the child without any regards to the fact that it is this family who's aggravating her situation. Written by Jean-Marie Berthiaume

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Taglines READ THIS: She's a young woman. Her parents love her and they care how she looks. And when they criticize her, it's for her own good. They can't understand the way she behaves, why she hurts them sometimes. Each day she finds it a little harder to go to work. One day she is found on a subway platform and doesn't know why she's there or where she is going. And when the police bring her home, her parents are embarrassed and they apologize to the policemen. And then 'Wednesday's Child' begins. The need for the truth is a basic human need that our society denies. This film satisfies that need. - Dr. R.D. Laing See more »
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Also Known As
  • Семейная жизнь (Soviet Union, Russian title)
  • Családi élet (Hungary)
  • Семеен живот (Bulgaria, Bulgarian title)
  • Οικογενειακή ζωή (Greece)
  • Vida em Família (Brazil)
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  • 108 min
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Trivia Director Bille August cites "Family Life" as one of his greatest influences. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Gnome Sweet Gnome/Family Life/The Great Waltz (1972). See more »
Soundtracks Down by the River See more »
Quotes Mrs. Baildon: Well, this is the thing that baffles me, Doctor, um, she really was quite a model child, she was tidy, in fact, I used to go into her bedroom some mornings and it-it was so tidy, it really didn't look as if anyone had been in there.
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