Cathy's Child (1979)

- Directed by
- Donald Crombie
- Genre
- drama
- Country
- Australia
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 2 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb

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How it feels
A woman fights to get her child's remains back from the man who took them. The film follows her journey through a legal system that resists her efforts to bring her son home.
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What happens
Cathy's Child is a 1979 Australian film, directed by Donald Crombie and starring Michele Fawdon, Alan Cassell and Bryan Brown. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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