''A City's Child'' is a 1972 Australian film directed by Brian Kavanagh.
Plot
A spinster whose invalid mother dies starts drifting into a fantasy world. She starts collecting Barbie dolls and meets a young man who may or may not be real. The two of them become lovers.
Cast
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Monica Maughan
Monica Cresswell Maughan (née Wood, 15 September 1933 – 8 January 2010) was an Australian actor with roles in theatre, radio, television, film and ballet over a career spanning 52 years.
Early life and education
She was born Monica Cresswell ...
as the woman
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Sean Scully
Sean Scully (born 30 June 1945) is an Irish-born American-based artist working as a painter, printmaker, sculptor and photographer. His work is held in museum collections worldwide and he has twice been named a Turner Prize nominee. Moving fro ...
as the man
*Moira Carlteon as the mother
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Vivean Gray
Jean Vivra Gray (20 July 1924 – 29 July 2016), known professionally as Vivean Gray, also credited as ''Vivian Gray'' and ''Viven Gray'', was an English television and film actress. She starred in the films '' Picnic at Hanging Rock'' a ...
as first neighbour
*Marguerite Lofthouse as second neighbour
*Beverley Heath as shopgirl
*Michael Howell as doctor
*Roger Scales as man on beach
*Donna Drake as girl on beach
*Mary Marshall as woman on train
Production
The film was shot on 16mm with some financial assistance from the Experimental Film and Television Fund. Shooting took place over four weeks, half in a small studio belonging to Cambridge Films, half on location in various suburbs. After completion of filming, the
Australian Film Development Corporation
The Australian Film Development Corporation was an organisation created and funded by the Australian Government in the 1970s, intended to allow filmmakers in the Australian film industry to create movies for everyone to see. In 1975 it was repl ...
provided $5,000 to enable the film to be blown up to 35mm.
Release
The film played in the London, Edinburgh, Chicago and Sydney Film Festivals. Monica Maugham won
Best Female Actor at the 1972 AFI Awards. However the film was not widely screened, in part because the movie was refused registration under the quality clause of the New South Wales
Film Quota Act
The Film Quota Act, full title the New South Wales Cinematograph Films (Australian Quota) Act was an act of legislation passed in September 1935 that came into force on 1 January 1936. Under the Act it was compulsory that in the first year of opera ...
.
References
External links
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''A City's Child''at Oz Movies
1972 films
Australian drama films
1970s English-language films
1972 drama films
1970s Australian films
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