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Dates: 1994 (Copyright), 30 September 1994 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Ken Loach
Synopsis: Drama based on a true story. Maggie, a working class Liverpudlian mother of four children living in London, meets Jorge, a political exile from Paraguay. They begin an affair and she tells him about the domestic violence she suffered as a child and the series of abusive relationships she endured as an adult that resulted in her four children being placed in the care of social services. She starts a new life with Jorge and becomes pregnant by him but when the baby is born social services once again intervene in her life.
Genre: Drama
Subjects: Social services, Social work, Domestic violence, Mothers
Releases
Date: 30 September 1994Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Sound - DolbyAspect ratio: 1.66:1Runtime: 101 mins 50 secs - Length: 9164 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: United International Pictures (UK) Ltd
Date: July 2017Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundRuntime: 101 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Dates: 1994 (Copyright), 30 September 1994 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Ken Loach
Synopsis: Drama based on a true story. Maggie, a working class Liverpudlian mother of four children living in London, meets Jorge, a political exile from Paraguay. They begin an affair and she tells him about the domestic violence she suffered as a child and the series of abusive relationships she endured as an adult that resulted in her four children being placed in the care of social services. She starts a new life with Jorge and becomes pregnant by him but when the baby is born social services once again intervene in her life.
Genre: Drama
Subjects: Social services, Social work, Domestic violence, Mothers
Releases
Date: 30 September 1994Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Sound - DolbyAspect ratio: 1.66:1Runtime: 101 mins 50 secs - Length: 9164 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: United International Pictures (UK) Ltd
Date: July 2017Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundRuntime: 101 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Credits
(48)
©: Channel Four Television Corporation, A Parallax Pictures production: Parallax Pictures, [Produced] for: Channel Four, Present: Channel Four Films, [International Sales]: Film Four International, Producer: Sally Hibbin, Production Manager: Lesley Stewart, Production Co-ordinator: Shellie Smith, Production Accountant: Wendy Ellerker, Location Manager: Robert How, Location Research: Rebecca O'Brien, Production Runner: Jill Robertson, Assistant Director: Tommy Gormley, 2nd Assistant Director: Nick Laws, 3rd Assistant Director: Susie Williams, Script Supervisor: Susanna Lenton, Screenplay: Rona Munro, Photography: Barry Ackroyd, Focus Puller: Paul Grech-Ellul, Gaffer: Steve Pochetty, Electrician: Clive Freeth, Stills Photographer: Paul Chedlow, Editor: Jonathan Morris, Assistant Editor: Anthony Morris, FT2 [Editing] Trainee: Bridgette Williams, Production Designer: Martin Johnson, Art Director: Fergus Clegg, Production Buyer: Linda Wilson, Propmaster: Mark Fruin, Propman: Simon Gee, Construction Manager: Stephen Hargreaves, Wardrobe: Wendy Knowles, Make-up: Anne Spiers, Titles: Peter Watson, Music: George Fenton, Additional Music: Mauricio Venegas, [Production] Sound Mixer: Ray Beckett, Boom Operator: Andrew Morris, Dubbing Mixer: David Old, Dubbing Editor: Kevin Brazier, Stunt Arranger: Lee Sheward, Stunt Performer: Paul Heasman, Adviser: Mike Cook, Adviser: Jackie Glossop, Adviser: Annie Souter, Sandra Tranter, Lawyer: Stephen Grosz
Cast
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Crissy Rock (Maggie), Vladimir Vega (Jorge), Ray Winstone (Simon), Sandie Lavelle (Mairead), Mauricio Venegas (Adrian), Clare Perkins (Jill), Jason Stracey (Sean), Luke Brown (Mickey), Lily Farrell (Serena), Scottie Moore (Maggie's father), Linda Ross (Maggie's mother), Kim Hartley (Maggie aged 5), Jimmy Batten (karaoke compere), Sue Sawyer (foster mother), Pamela Hunt (Mrs Higgs), Alan Gold (neighbour), James Bannon (fast food manager), Christine Ellerbeck (Moira Denning), Caroline Conway, Ali de Souza, Deirdre Edwards, Lucie Fitchett, Susan Gifford, Arbel Jones, Tom Keller, Terence Maynard, Nick Miles, Yvonne Riley (social worker), Bruce Alexander, Jill Connick, Rosemary Frankau, Katherine Gieve, Lorraine Hilton, Stephen Webber (lawyer), Lee Alliston (policeman), Gillian Borders (policewoman), Bob Coveney, John Hadleigh (policeman), Susan Raasay (policewoman), Ken Whitfield (policeman), Charlene Birchall, Colin Carr, Nicholas Harrison, Anna Healy, Valerie Hunkins, Samantha Lavelle, Jenny Mandis, Katie McMillan, Kimberley McMillan, Samantha Miller, Shirley Montgomery, Chantelle Steadman, Jim Willett, George Moss