Her ex escaped the psych ward. Her heart didn't escape him. Buckle up, this gets MESSY.
A woman recently returned to work is contacted by her former husband who has been in a mental institution. She is torn between her still strong desire for him, and her fear, which comes from events in their past. She cannot control his intrusion into both her current life and her second marriage, and tragedy ensues.
Acting
Wendy Hughes carries unbearable tension in every restrained scene
Direction
Lex Marinos makes suburbia feel claustrophobic and inescapable
Director
Lex Marinos
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Australian TV movie that somehow disappeared despite starring Wendy Hughes, who was huge down under.
Embodies '80s anxiety about deinstitutionalization—mental health facilities releasing patients into communities unprepared to handle them.
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