Main Cast: Sandy Ratcliff, Bill Dean, Grace Cave, Malcolm Tierney, Alan MacNaughton
Release Year: 1971
Country: UK
Run Time: 105 minutes
Plot
Released in England as Wednesday's Child, this earnest socially conscious drama explores the generation-gap between a pair of overbearing, strict parents and their rebellious, pregnant daughter Sandy Ratcliff. First they force her to get an abortion. Then mom and dad further exert their power over Ratcliff by locking her out of the house until she ceases her troublesome ways. When this fails to "tame" the girl, the parents force her into psychiatric treatment. Subjected to shock therapy, Sandy ends up a shell of a human being, little more than a case study for those who've robbed her of her individuality. Shot in documentary fashion, Family Life won a prize at the 1972 Berlin Film Festival. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Michael Riddall - Dr. Donaldson; Sophie Baker; Edwin Brown; Ellis Dale; David Markham; Jill Richards; Rosario Serrano; Evan Hercules; Terry Lewis; Julie May; Chris Webb; Terry Duggan; Doremy Vernon; Christopher Cook; Jason James
Credit
William McCrow - Art Director, Daphne Dare - Costume Designer, Sean Hudson - First Assistant Director, Ken Loach - Director, Roy Watts - Editor, Marc Wilkinson - Composer (Music Score), Charles Stewart - Cinematographer, Tony Garnett - Producer, Gerry Humphreys - Sound/Sound Designer, David Mercer - Screenwriter
