Cathy's Child

Cathy's Child (1979)

Cathy Baikas is a woman of Greek heritage who lives in Sydney, Australia with her three-year-old daughter. When her daughter's father kidnaps the child and takes her back to Greece, Cathy discovers the authorities can do little to help her. She turns to the media. The editor of a major daily newspaper proves sympathetic to Cathy's problem and begins giving her case press coverage. The film is based on a true story.

Data di uscita
1979-07-05
TMDB
7.0 / 10 (2)
Durata
1 h 29 min
Generi
Dramma
Regista
Donald Crombie

Cast

Curiosità

  • Incassi: 135K A$
  • Premi: 1 · Candidature: 4. Tra cui: AACTA alla miglior attrice

Cathy's Child is a 1979 Australian film, directed by Donald Crombie and starring Michele Fawdon, Alan Cassell and Bryan Brown.

Production

Ken Quinnell read Dick Wordley's 1973 book on the case, A Piece of Paper. He gave it to producer Errol Sullivan, who thought it might make "a small but highly emotional film, one that could reach the middle audience in Australia – the audience that people like Hoyts say doesn't exist: namely, the North Shore, blue rinse set."

It was thought the budget had to be kept below $400,000, so the action was set in the present day rather than 1973. Finance came from the Australian Film Commission (AFC), the New South Wales Film Corporation, Roadshow Distributors and $55,000 of private investment.

Filming began in June 1978, with the majority of the film shot in Sydney over a period of four weeks, with a week's filming in Greece. Money had been allocated in the budget for an overseas actor to play the Australian consul in Greece, but the filmmakers were unable to find anyone for an appropriate price and Willie Fennell subsequently took the role.

The script included a scene where Cathy and Dick Wordley go to bed together. Wordley denied this ever happened but allowed it in the film after much discussion. The scene was shot but ended up being cut after a preview.

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