Annie's Coming Out (1984)

Directors

Gil Brealey

Cast

Angela Punch McGregor, Drew Forsythe, Liddy Clark, Tina Arhondis, Monica Maughan, Philippa Baker, Mark Butler

The story

Annie O'Farrell (based on Anne McDonald) is a 13-year-old girl with athetoid cerebral palsy who is unable to communicate and has been living in a government institution from an early age. Jessica Hathaway (based on Rosemary Crossley) is a therapist who learns to communicate with Annie using an alphabet board and comes to believe that although physically disabled, Annie is not intellectually impaired. When Annie turns 18, Jessica begins a legal fight to get her released.

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