Breaking Up | |
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Directed by | Kathy Mueller |
Written by | Frank Willmont |
Based on | novel by Frank Willmont |
Produced by | Noel Price |
Starring | Nick Enright Mat Stevenson Bradley Kilpatrick Candy Raymond |
Distributed by | ABC |
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Country | Australia |
Language | English |
Breaking Up is a 1985 TV movie about the breakdown of a marriage seen through the eyes of a child. [1] [2]
Jackie and Alan break up. Their child struggles to deal with it. [3]
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Candy Raymond's performance won her a 1986 AFI Award for Best Actress in a Telefeature. [5]
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