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| Emily Watson | ... | Caroline Gil | |
| Dermot Mulroney | ... | Dr. David Henry | |
| Hugh Thompson | ... | Al | |
| Krystal Hope Nausbaum | ... | Phoebe | |
| Rob Stewart | |||
| Gretchen Mol | ... | Norah Henry | |
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Emma Colbert | ... | Phoebe 6 years |
| Tyler Stentiford | ... | Paul 13 years | |
| Jamie Spilchuk | ... | Paul 18-22 years | |
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Owen Pattison | ... | Paul 6 years |
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Gay Hauser | ... | Department Store Clerk |
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Bruce Murphy | ... | Checkout Clerk |
| Lita Llewellyn | ... | Ruby | |
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Kerry McPherson | ... | Kay |
| Jeremy Akerman | ... | The Minister | |
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On a snowy winter night in 1964, Dr. David Henry rushes his pregnant wife Norah to the hospital, where, with help from her husband and nurse Caroline Gill, she delivers their son Paul. However, Dr. Henry discovers that his wife was carrying twins, and helps her deliver the second child, a baby girl named Phoebe. Shortly after Phoebe's birth, he finds that she has Down Syndrome, and hands her over to Nurse Caroline, explaining that the death of his ill sister nearly destroyed their mother and he doesn't want Norah to go through that. Instead, he instructs Caroline to take Phoebe to a nearby institution for the mentally ill, figuring the child won't live much longer, and tells Norah that Phoebe was a stillborn. However, after visiting the institution and seeing the state of the other patients, Caroline takes the baby home with her, stopping along the way to buy formula and diapers. With help from a truck driver named Al, Caroline begins to raise the baby as her own, while Dr. Henry ... Written by scorpionqueenofhearts
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12 April 2008 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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When Nora and David are arguing in the kitchen and laundry room, Nora is shown using a modern style front load washing machine. See more »Quotes
Nora Henry: [burning the pictures from the darkroom and referring to David] Bastard! That bastard!See more »
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I first saw this film today 12th November 09, and liked it. I felt sorry for the mother who is told that her baby daughter had died but the husband didn't want a down syndrome child, thinking that she might no live to adulthood, as some didn't back then but to just tell the nurse to take her to a home is a bit sad he could have taken a chance, as so many children like that are loving.. at the least the nurse gave her a good home, but it left him feeling guilty for over, 20 years to what he has done. but his wife wanted more children and he didn't I suppose he was frightened that another child would end up like his daughter.. over all this is a great movie and shows the viewers what it was like in the 1960s to have a down syndrome child.